Judy Blume Quotes

The books that will never be read. And all due to the fear of censorship. As always, young readers will be the real losers. - Judy Blume

The best books come from someplace inside. You don't write because you want to, but because you have to. - Judy Blume

One of my concerns is that writers will begin to feel the censor on their backs, and we won't get their very best. Instead their fear, or the fear imposed by the publisher, will limit them. When I lock myself up to write, I cannot allow myself to think about the censor, or the reviewer, or anyone but my characters and their story. - Judy Blume

No place has delicatessen like New York. - Judy Blume

My only advice is to stay aware, listen carefully and yell for help if you need it. - Judy Blume

Let children read whatever they want and then talk about it with them. If parents and kids can talk together, we won't have as much censorship because we won't have as much fear. - Judy Blume

It's not just the books under fire now that worry me. It is the books that will never be written. - Judy Blume

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

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! - Judy Blume

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. - Judy Blume

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