359 Quotes by Judy Blume

I think about Lenaya and Hugh. Will they know how much I've changed this year? Will they have changed too? I'll wait until tomorrow to find out. And then it's possible I won't find out after all. Because some changes happen deep down inside of you. And the truth is, only you know about them. Maybe that's the way it's supposed to be.

It's strange, but when it comes right down to it I never do fall apart--even when I'm sure I will.

I like revising much, much better than getting down a first draft. The first draft is just getting the pieces to the puzzle. Then I get to put the puzzle together!

When you ask, Did writing change my life? It totally changed my life. It gave me my life.

Nothing teaches you as much about writing dialogue as listening to it.

I love to talk with children. I try to visit schools but it's hard for me to travel when I'm trying to write. Some authors are able to do both.

The only thing that works with writing is that you care so passionately about it yourself, that you make someone else care passionately about it.

I'm lucky that so many children visit my website. At least I get to talk with them that way.

In a New York Post interview, Judy Blume, author of young-adult fiction, gave this advice on getting your kids to read: "Moms come up to me at book signings and describe how they're telling their daughters, 'These were my favorite books,'?" she says. "I say, 'Quit it! That's the biggest turnoff!'"You want to get them to read them, leave them around the house and every so often, say, 'You're not ready to read this yet.'