I'm a people person. I never get tired of watching people, especi... by Judy Blume

I'm a people person. I never get tired of watching people, especially young people.

Judy Blume

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I am not scared of you, I am scare of these feelings. by Judy Blume

I am not scared of you, I am scare of these feelings.

scare fear feelings

I still get angry when older people assume that everyone in my generation, screws around. They're probably the same ones who think all kids use dope. It's true that we are more open than our parents but that just means we accept sex and talk about it. It doesn't mean we are all jumping into bed together.

mean kids sex

I fell in love with books at the Elizabeth Public Library when I... by Judy Blume

I fell in love with books at the Elizabeth Public Library when I was four.

library four book

I love you, Michael Wagner.” “Forever?” he asked. “Forever,” I sa... by Judy Blume

I love you, Michael Wagner.” “Forever?” he asked. “Forever,” I said.

said forever love-you

I know where "Blubber" came from. It came from stories that my daughter told me when she came home from fifth grade. There was a kid in the class who was being bullied. We didn't even call it bullying then, that's what's so weird. Victimization in the classroom. The word bully was so out, was so not in use for all those years and now it's back big time.

bullying daughter kids

I like one hair, tuna fish, the smell of rain and things that are pink. I hate pimples, baked potatoes, when my mother's mad, and religious holidays.

hate religious mother

hi I hope u want to be my friends by Judy Blume

hi I hope u want to be my friends

my-friends want

The child from 9 to 12 interests me very much. And so, those were the years that I like to write about, when I'm writing.

writing children years

"Margaret" was just my truth. It was what I knew to be true about... by Judy Blume

"Margaret" was just my truth. It was what I knew to be true about sixth grade.

sixth-grade being-true grades

We must, we must, we must increase our bust. by Judy Blume

We must, we must, we must increase our bust.

increase

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.

home writing baby

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.

growing-up mother father

If all you leave in the library is books that you think speak to everyone, what are you going to have? You'd have nothing.

library book thinking

My insides still turn over when he looks at me that certain way. by Judy Blume

My insides still turn over when he looks at me that certain way.

crush looks way

Moms come up to me at book signings. by Judy Blume

Moms come up to me at book signings.

come-up mom book

No place has delicatessen like New York. by Judy Blume

No place has delicatessen like New York.

new-york

It didn't happen in the 70s. So I had a whole decade when I was writing these books and maybe there was a little bit here or there but there was no big effort to ban books.

effort writing book

Concentrate on how good if feels to be alive. No matter what. Just to see the color of the sky, just to smell the air, and feel the wind in your face

color air wind

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.

morning children thinking

Nothing teaches you as much about writing dialogue as listening t... by Judy Blume

Nothing teaches you as much about writing dialogue as listening to it.

teach listening writing