359 Quotes by Judy Blume

A good writer is always a people watcher.

Librarians save lives by handing the right book at the right time to a kid in need.

When I started to write, it was the '70s, and throughout that decade, we didn't have any problems with book challenges or censorship.

I stop and think before I start a new book and ask myself do I really want to spend the next year or two or three with these characters because if I don't, then I shouldn't be writing about them.

When I'm writing a book, you can't think about your audience. You're going to be in big trouble if you think about it. You're got to write from deep inside.

I meet people on the street or at book signings and they tend to treat me as if they know me, as if we're connected. It's great.

I love movies, and theater, and kayaking, reading, biking, walking - oh, and dancing. I love to dance!

I'm an e-mail junkie though I'm trying to read my in-box only twice a day and to answer all at once.

I'm really quite bad at coming up with plot ideas. I like to create characters and just see what will happen to them when I let them loose!