56 Judy Blume Quotes for You to Enjoy

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

When a parent comes into school waving a book and saying, 'Take this book away. I don't like this book.' I won't say in all cases, but in many cases, that will not happen anymore. It has to go through a proper review board. The complaining parent will have to fill out a complaint, you know, put it in writing. Judy Blume

Saying You Book Writing School Complaining Will Complaint Waving Say Out Cases Parent Proper Through Take Put Like Know Go Review Anymore Happen Board Many Fill Away

It embarrasses me to flaunt anything good written about me or my books. I don't know what we're supposed to do about that. Judy Blume

Good Me Books About Written Supposed Know Anything

Nobody talks about housewives anymore! This is what we were supposed to do in the '50s. Not everybody, but in my milieu. My crowd. You went to college, and you got a degree in case, God forbid, you ever had to work. And you better find somebody to marry while you're there, because otherwise, what's going to become of you? Judy Blume

Work God You Better Degree College Somebody Become Everybody Otherwise Find Marry About Case Crowd Had Nobody Supposed Forbid Talks Because Housewives Got Were Going Anymore While Milieu Ever

In sixth grade, I made up books to give book reports on. Judy Blume

Book Made Books Give Up Grade Reports Sixth

Nobody ever asks me why my characters don't text each other. Besides, as soon as you put something 'electronic' in a book, it's already out of date by the time it's published: everything will have changed. Human emotion, on the other hand, will never change. Judy Blume

Time Me You Change Book Will Changed Other Everything Out Characters Besides Something Date Emotion Never Put Soon Nobody Hand Text Human Ask Electronic Each Why Ever Published By The Time

I think the child I was until 12 was so much more interesting than the teenager I became. Judy Blume

Think Teenager More Until Became Than Child Interesting Much

The women's movement was slow in coming to suburban New Jersey. Judy Blume

Women Slow New New Jersey Coming Movement Suburban Jersey

Anybody who says, 'My childhood was completely happy,' is a person who isn't remembering the truth. Judy Blume

Truth Happy Says Remembering Person Childhood Anybody Who

I'm not the world's best mother, though kids always assume I must be. Judy Blume

Best World Mother Assume Though Kids Must Always

If only there was a vaccine to protect against breast cancer, we'd be lining up - wouldn't we? Judy Blume

Cancer Only Protect Lining Up Against Breast Cancer Vaccine

Many of my books are set in New Jersey because that's where I was born and raised. I lived there until my kids finished elementary school. Then we moved to New Mexico, the setting for 'Tiger Eyes.' Judy Blume

Eyes School Finished Setting Books Kids Born New Until Tiger Because New Jersey New Mexico Mexico Moved Where Then Many Elementary Lived Elementary School Jersey Raised Set

When I was growing up in the 1950s, sweaters were a huge thing. Judy Blume

Were Huge Up Huge Thing Sweaters Growing Growing Up Thing

My husband and I like to reminisce about how, when we were 9, we read straight through L. Frank Baum's 'Oz' series, books filled with wizards and witches. And you know what those subversive tales taught us? That we loved to read! Judy Blume

You Reminisce Husband Books Frank Those About Through Like Tales Know Witches Read How Wizards Were Taught Oz Loved Subversive Straight Us Series Filled

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. Judy Blume

Love People Treat Parents Important Big Think Other Kids Parent Most Learn How Still Big Influence Any Just Influence The Most Important Children To Love Ask Really Therapist

When I was growing up, I dreamed about becoming a cowgirl, a detective, a spy, a great actress, or a ballerina. Not a dentist, like my father, or a homemaker, like my mother - and certainly not a writer, although I always loved to read. Judy Blume

Anyone who thinks my life is cupcakes is all wrong. Judy Blume

Life My Life Wrong Anyone Who Thinks

I don't have anything new to say about teenagers. Judy Blume

Teenagers Say About New Anything

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

Challenges Book Problems Censorship Throughout Write Decade Any Started

I never thought about writing. I was married young, I was still in college, as we did then, and I had two babies before I was 25, and I loved them, and I loved taking care of them, but I was a little bit cuckoo, staying at home and not having a creative outlet. Judy Blume

Home Creative Writing Care Thought College Before Young Babies Bit Married Staying About Outlet Having Never Had Taking Cuckoo Still Did Loved Little Little Bit Them Then Creative Outlet Two

I wanted to write what I remembered to be true. Judy Blume

Be True Write Remembered True Wanted

I was always a storyteller. I just didn't know it. I never shared the stories I made up inside my head when I was growing up. I never wrote them down, either. But I can't remember a time when they weren't there. Judy Blume

Madeleine L'Engle's 'A Wrinkle in Time' has been targeted by censors for promoting New Ageism, and Mark Twain's 'Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' for promoting racism. Gee, where does that leave the kids? Judy Blume

Time Racism Mark Kids Has-Been Promoting Gee Wrinkle Adventures New Does Leave Been Huckleberry Huckleberry Finn Targeted Where Ageism Twain

I have the most loyal readers in the world. Judy Blume

World Most Readers Loyal

I'm an Obama chick. Judy Blume

Obama Chick

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