Quotes by Judy Blume

“Let children read whatever they want and then talk about it with them. If parents and kids can talk together, we wont have as much censorship because we wont have as much fear.”

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

“Are you there God? Its me, Margaret. I just told my mother I want a bra. Please help me grow God. You know where. I want to be like everyone else.”

“Then again, maybe I wont.”

“One of my concerns is that writers will begin to feel the censor on their backs, and we wont get their very best. Instead their fear, or the fear imposed by the publisher, will limit them. When I lock myself up to write, I cannot allow myself to think about the censor, or the reviewer, or anyone but my characters and their story.”

“Are You There God? Its Me, Margaret,”

“Those who would challenge or ban a book have to find out about it first,”

“You mean inside? Or outside?”

“Dont buy anything controversial. We dont want any trouble in our community.”

“Youd think he was the first person to ever lose a tooth!”

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

Thats not a bad word...hate and war are bad words, but fuck isnt.

Snoring keeps the monsters away.

Let children read whatever they want and then talk about it with them. If parents and kids can talk together, we wont have as much censorship because we wont have as much fear.

The truth will make you odd.

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

Are you there God? Its me, Margaret.

[I]ts 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.

We are friends for life. When we’re together the years fall away. Isn’t that what matters? To have someone who can remember with you? To have someone who remembers how far you’ve come?

Some changes happen deep down inside of you. And the truth is, only you know about them.