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 baumbookfill share on social
The best books come from someplace inside. You don't write because you want to, but because you have to. Judy Blume bookinsidesomeplace Change image and share on social
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 bookcharacterdinner share on social
I loved to read, and I think any child who loves to read will read anything, including the back of the cereal box, which I did every morning. Judy Blume backboxcereal Change image and share on social
Everything they say a girl should get from her father in terms of total acceptance and love, I got all that from my father. But then I married a man just like my mother - so phlegmatic. Judy Blume acceptancefathergirl Change image and share on social
My mother told me once that she had her talk with God whenever she started a new sweater: 'Please don't take me in the middle of the sweater.' And as soon as she finished knitting a sweater, and it was blocked and put together, she already had the wool to start the next sweater so that nothing bad would happen. Judy Blume badblockfinish share on social
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 bookdaughterforever Change image and share on social
It's not just the books under fire now that worry me. It is the books that will never be written. Judy Blume bookfireworry Change image and share on social
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 bearbookelementary Change image and share on social