359 Quotes by Judy Blume

I'm very good at setting goals and deadlines for myself, so I don't really need that from outside.

A novel is about people.

As a child who loved to read, I had trouble finding honest stories. I felt that adults were always keeping secrets from me, even in the books I was reading.

My kids both had acne, and I never saw a book dealing with the subject.

We can have our beliefs and still read and discuss things.

Parents still have a big influence on their kids - just ask any therapist. No, really, I think the parent is the most important influence on children: It's how they learn to love and treat other people.

At the time I wrote 'Forever,' I had a 14-year-old daughter, and she was reading a lot of books about young love.

I do quite a bit of traveling. But sometimes I just want to stay at home!

I'll always be grateful for 'Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.' It brought me many, many, readers.