Judy Blume

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.

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.

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 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 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.

My only advice is to stay aware listen carefully and yell for help if you need it.

Censors don__ want children exposed to ideas different from their own. If every individual with an agenda had his/her way, the shelves in the school library would be close to empty.

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.

Are you there God? It__ me, Margaret. I just told my mother I want a bra. Please help me grow God. You know where.

...this two-way hatred. I don__ understand it. I wonder how much of it is caused by fear?

A person without curiosity may as well be dead.

Having the freedom to read and the freedom to choose is one of the best gifts my parents ever gave me.

My only advice is to stay aware, listen carefully, and yell for help if you need it.

hi I hope u want to be my friends

Do you think you can wait - because I don't want you to stop loving me. I keep remembering us and how it was. I don't want to hurt you...not ever...

Librarians save lives: by handing the right book, at the right time, to a kid in need

...love at thirteen is nothing like love at eighteen.

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