In the early '70s - a very good time for children's books and their authors - editors and publishers were willing to take a chance on a new writer. They were willing and able to invest their time in nurturing writers with promise, encouraging them. -Judy Blume Chance
Ideas seem to come from everywhere - my life, everything I see, hear, and read, and most of all, from my imagination. I have a lot of imagination. -Judy Blume Imagination
What I remember when I started to write was how I couldn't wait to get up in the morning to get to my characters. -Judy Blume Morning
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 Famous
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 Fear
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 Fear
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 Morning
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 Thankful
