Judy Blume
Judy Blume
Judy Blumeis an American writer known for children's and young adultfiction. Some of her best known works are Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, Deenie, and Blubber. The New Yorker has called her books "talismans that, for a significant segment of the American female population, marked the passage from childhood to adolescence."...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionChildren's Author
Date of Birth12 February 1938
CityElizabeth, NJ
CountryUnited States of America
You think everything can be magically cured with vitamins?” “Everything but us.
What's the point of thinking about how it's going to end when it's just the beginning?
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.
Ideas come from everywhere - they come from what you see and hear and imagine.
I made promises to you that I'm not sure I can keep. None of it has anything to do with you. It's just that I don't know what to do now. You must be thinking what a rotten person I am. Well, believe me, I'm thinking the same thing. I don't know how this happened or why. Maybe I can get over it. 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 …
Why are we acting as if we're angry. Are we angry?
Without peanut butter, I might starve.
My husband says I have too much imagination, but I don't think a writer can have too much imagination!
some changes happen deep down inside of you. And the truth is, only you know about them. Maybe that's the way it's supposed to be.
I can't let safety and security become the focus of my life.
I want you to know it was no big deal...those movies showing women screaming in labor are plain bullshit....there's nothing to it...you just push and push and finally the baby pops out...to tell you the truth I don't even rember that much about it except there was a very nice guy standing over me and every time a strong contraction started he gave me a whiff of gas...
Another thing all writers have in common is we're all observers. We pay attention to detail.
Are you there God? It's me, Margaret.
Suddenly question number four popped into my mind. Have you thought about how this relationship will end?