Judy Blume Quotes About Books

Quotes about: Books

• Librarians save lives by handing the right book at the right time to a kid in need.

  Judy Blume

  Book, Kids, Needs

• Censors never go after books unless kids already like them. I don’t even think they know to go after books until they know that children are interested in reading this book, therefore there must be something in it that’s wrong.

  Judy Blume

  Children, Book, Reading

• [I]t's not just the books under fire now that worry me. It is the books that will never be written. 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

  Real, Book, Fire

  FaceBook post by Judy Blume from Oct 18, 2013

• The best books come from someplace deep inside.... Become emotionally involved. If you don't care about your characters, your readers won't either.

  Judy Blume

  Book, Writing, Character

• Books opened up a whole new world to me. Through them I discovered new ideas, traveled to new places, and met new people. Books helped me learn to understand other people and they taught me a lot about myself. ... Some books you never forget. Some characters become your friends for life.

  Judy Blume

  Book, Character, Ideas

• Something will be offensive to someone in every book, so you've got to fight it.

  Judy Blume

  Book, Fighting, Offensive

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

  Judy Blume

  Book, Writing, Want

  Judy Blume (2014). “Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret”, p.3, Pan Macmillan

• I am a big defender of 'Harry Potter,' and I think any book that gets kids to read are books that we should cherish, we should be thankful for them.

  Judy Blume

  Book, Kids, Thinking

• In this age of censorship, I mourn the loss of books that will never be written, I mourn the voices that will be silenced-writers' voices, teachers' voices, students' voices-and all because of fear.

  Judy Blume

  Teacher, Book, Loss

  "Places I Never Meant to Be". Book by Judy Blume, August 26, 1999.

• I try to create new characters in each book I write. That's what makes writing fun and interesting for me.

  Judy Blume

  Fun, Book, Writing

  Live Chat, www.nypl.org. November 9, 2002.

• That's my anxiety dream. I go to the library and all the books on my subject are out.

  Judy Blume

  Dream, Book, Anxiety

  Source: www.teachingbooks.net

• When I was twelve. And I was going through my parents' bookshelves, I found the most wonderful books and plenty of. Within those wonderful books that were real turn-on's. At 12 or 13, books were such turn-ons.

  Judy Blume

  Real, Book, Parent

  Source: www.teachingbooks.net

• 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.

  Judy Blume

  Book, People, Treats

• I wanted to write honest books for kids because I didn't have those when I was a kid.

  Judy Blume

  Book, Writing, Kids

• I use a computer, but before I begin each new book I keep a notebook. I write down everything that comes to mind during that period before I actually begin. It might take months or weeks. That notebook is my security blanket so that I never have to face a blank screen (or blank page). But I print out often and my best ideas usually come with a pencil in my hand.

  Judy Blume

  Notebook, Writing, Ideas

• I would make up [Theodor] Seuss-like books at night when I was cleaning up from the dinner, you know, putting these little kids to bed, reading them rhyming books. And so that's what I started doing. They were really bad. I have some in a box and it says on the box, it's a note to my kids you know, when I die, if you ever publish these I will come back and haunt you.

  Judy Blume

  Book, Reading, Kids

  Source: www.teachingbooks.net

• "Summer Sisters" is probably my least autobiographical book. The whole idea started with rowing down the pond. And I heard an explosion. I don't like sudden loud noises. They scare me. And then all these people came running down the hill and jumped in the water in their finery and a bride and groom was with them, and that's where it all started.

  Judy Blume

  Summer, Running, Book

  Source: www.teachingbooks.net

• The creative process; I enjoy thinking up the stories and situations for my books.

  Judy Blume

  Book, Thinking, Creative

• In a New York Post interview, Judy Blume, author of young-adult fiction, gave this advice on getting your kids to read: "Moms come up to me at book signings and describe how they're telling their daughters, 'These were my favorite books,'?" she says. "I say, 'Quit it! That's the biggest turnoff!'"You want to get them to read them, leave them around the house and every so often, say, 'You're not ready to read this yet.'

  Judy Blume

  Mom, Daughter, New York

• I stop and think before I start a new book and ask myself do I really want to spend the next year or two or three with these characters because if I don't, then I shouldn't be writing about them.

  Judy Blume

  Book, Writing, Character

• With "Margaret," I remember clearly it was, you know because I did remember it clearly. I was young. I was young in terms of experience and what did I know about and I had an incredible memory from my own childhood. And so it never occurred to me to write for any other age group. And I thought I'm going to write a book and I'm going to tell the truth.

  Judy Blume

  Memories, Book, Writing

  Source: www.teachingbooks.net

• I thought ["Summer Sisters" ] would be a children's book - two girls who summer together from very different backgrounds. And then when it just kept going and going and going. They kept getting older.

  Judy Blume

  Girl, Summer, Children

  Source: www.teachingbooks.net

• 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

  Book, Writing, Challenges

  "Judy Blume: Often Banned, But Widely Beloved". Interview with Neal Conan, www.npr.org. November 28, 2011.

• I've heard that some authors do dream their books and I would love that if it happened to me, but so far it hasn't. Sometimes I'll get a good idea during the night and if I don't write it down, I won't remember it the next morning.

  Judy Blume

  Dream, Morning, Book

  "Judy Blume’s Online Chat for the New York Public Library". www.judyblume.com. November 19, 2002.

• There's no book or play or series or anything that speaks to everyone, because then it wouldn't speak to anyone.

  Judy Blume

  Book, Play, Speak

  Source: www.teachingbooks.net

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