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Judy Blume
American
Author
Born:
Feb 12
,
1938
Book
Books
Me
People
Think
You
Related authors:
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Frederick Douglass
Helen Keller
Henry David Thoreau
Joyce Meyer
Mark Twain
Og Mandino
Zig Ziglar
I don't think people change; electronics change, the things we have change, but the way we live doesn't change.
Judy Blume
Change
People
People Change
Live
Think
Way
Electronics
Things
It's all about your determination, I think, as much as anything. There are a lot of people with talent, but it's that determination.
Judy Blume
People
Determination
Think
About
Talent
Lot
Anything
Much
Your
When I'm writing, I'm never trying to teach anything - maybe I'm trying to illuminate.
Judy Blume
Writing
Never
Trying
Maybe
Anything
Teach
Illuminate
People need stories; they want stories. They always will.
Judy Blume
People
Will
Always
Want
Stories
Need
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.
Judy Blume
Me
Trouble
Reading
Books
Secrets
Finding
Adult
Had
Read
Felt
Always
Were
Child
Stories
Loved
Who
Even
Keeping
Honest
I'm thinking of sending out censorship packets: information to share with those who want to defend my books when they come under fire. I'll tell why I wrote them and include reviews and letters of support from children and their parents.
Judy Blume
Censorship
Parents
Fire
Thinking
Books
Those
Out
Tell
Share
Support
Come
Wrote
Reviews
Sending
Children
Want
Information
Them
Who
Include
Why
Letters
Defend
I wish I could prevent my kids from making all the mistakes I've made. But I can't do that. No parent can.
Judy Blume
Made
Wish
Mistakes
Kids
Parent
Prevent
Could
Making
Everybody wants to share life and be in love and be loved.
Judy Blume
Life
Love
Everybody
Share
Loved
Wants
A novel is about people.
Judy Blume
People
About
Novel
My kids both had acne, and I never saw a book dealing with the subject.
Judy Blume
Book
Saw
Kids
Both
Never
Had
Dealing
Subject
Acne
At the time I wrote 'Forever,' I had a 14-year-old daughter, and she was reading a lot of books about young love.
Judy Blume
Love
Time
Daughter
Reading
Young
Books
About
Had
Wrote
She
Lot
Forever
I loved 'Moneyball,' I thought that was a great Hollywood movie. I like baseball, but I don't know that you have to like baseball to like that. I thought it was really well done.
Judy Blume
Great
You
Thought
Like
Know
Well
Well Done
Done
Movie
Loved
Hollywood
Really
Baseball
I believe that 'The Artist' is the kind of movie you see and you don't forget. I know it's going to stay with me.
Judy Blume
Me
You
Believe
Kind
Stay
See
Know
Forget
Artist
Going
Movie
I'm never doing a long novel again, truly.
Judy Blume
Long
Never
Doing
Truly
Again
Novel
My father died when I was still in college, and it was sudden, and he was my beloved parent, and you just can't imagine what you life is going to be like.
Judy Blume
Life
You
Father
College
Parent
He
Like
Still
Died
Going
Just
Sudden
Beloved
Imagine
I wrote 'Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret' right out of my own experiences and my own feelings when I was in sixth grade.
Judy Blume
God
Me
You
Feelings
Own
Out
My Own
Wrote
Grade
Sixth
Experiences
Right
Margaret
Here's the thing: If you don't want your kids to read a book, fine. You can tell them not to read a book, and maybe they will and maybe they won't. But you can't say what other kids can read.
Judy Blume
You
Book
Will
Other
Other Kids
Say
Kids
Tell
Fine
Read
Maybe
Want
Them
Your
Thing
Here
I know it's working when I'm writing a book if I'm laughing or crying.
Judy Blume
Book
Writing
Laughing
Know
Crying
Working
My mother's mantra was, 'How would it look to the neighbors?' And so you don't do anything because you're worried about how it would look to the neighbors.
Judy Blume
You
Mother
Worried
Neighbors
Would
About
Look
Because
How
Anything
Mantra
We can have our beliefs and still read and discuss things.
Judy Blume
Our
Read
Still
Discuss
Beliefs
Things
I wasn't that good at science, and I gave up on math long before I should have. I like to think if I were in school today that would be different.
Judy Blume
Today
Good
Science
School
Long
Before
Think
Gave
Would
Would-Be
Be Different
Like
Were
Math
Up
Different
Should
My characters live inside my head for a long time before I actually start a book about them. Then, they become so real to me I talk about them at the dinner table as if they are real. Some people consider this weird. But my family understands.
Judy Blume
Time
Family
Me
Book
People
Dinner
Some People
Long
Long Time
Become
Before
Live
Consider
Characters
Dinner Table
Inside
Table
Some
About
Head
Weird
Talk
Understands
Real
Them
Then
Actually
Start
I don't think I could set a book in a place without knowing it really well.
Judy Blume
Book
Think
Could
Knowing
Well
Without
Place
Really
Set
I do quite a bit of traveling. But sometimes I just want to stay at home!
Judy Blume
Home
Sometimes
Bit
Stay
Stay-At-Home
Quite
Quite A Bit
Just
Want
Traveling
I can't relate to people who treat me as a 'famous person.' I only like to hang around with people who treat me as a regular person because that's what I am. All people are really just regular.
Judy Blume
Me
People
Treat
Relate
All People
Only
Like
Because
Around
Am
Person
Hang
Just
Famous
Famous Person
Really
Regular
Regular Person
Who
I don't think it's realistic to say kids shouldn't watch any TV. I just wish the shows would be better. And that kids would watch less. Get out there and do things, kids! Don't become couch potatoes!
Judy Blume
Better
Wish
Become
Realistic
Think
Say
Kids
Out
TV
Would
Would-Be
Potatoes
Couch
Get
Any
Just
Less
Shows
Things
Watch
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