Judy Blume

Born :12 February 1938

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Judy Blume born on 12th February 1938. As of today 31th June 2025 , we have thoughtfully curated a selection of 25 powerful, inspirational, and motivational quotes - carefully handpicked from an extensive archive of life lessons and timeless wisdom. This legendary quote writer was born in american and went on to share won inspiring words with the world, leaving behind a global legacy that transcends borders.

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Quotes of Judy Blume

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I wanted to write what I remembered to be true.

When I'm writing a book, you can't think about your audience. You're going to be in big trouble if you think about it. You're got to write from deep inside.

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.

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

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

I think people who write for kids, we have that ability to go back into our own lives.

A good writer is always a people watcher.

I hate first drafts, and it never gets easier. People always wonder what kind of superhero power they'd like to have. I wanted the ability for someone to just open up my brain and take out the entire first draft and lay it down in front of me so I can just focus on the second, third and fourth drafts.

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.

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.

I always have trouble with titles for my books. I usually have no title until the editor has to present the book and calls me frantically, 'Judy, we need a title.'

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.

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!

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.

I love to watch movies.

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.

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

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.

I didn't know anything about writers. It never occurred to me they were regular people and that I could grow up to become one, even though I loved to make up stories inside my head.