Judy Blume Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“What I remember when I started to write was how I couldn't wait to get up in the morning to get to my characters.”

“It's not just the books under fire now that worry me. It is the books that will never be written.”

“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.”

“A good writer is always a people watcher.”

“I love to watch movies.”

“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 think people who write for kids, we have that ability to go back into our own lives.”

“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 didn't know anything about writers. It never occurred to me they were regular people and that I could grow up to become one, even though I loved to make up stories inside my head.”

“I wanted to write what I remembered to be true.”