Judy Blume

"Stress is not what happens to you, but how you choose to react to it."

- Judy Blume

"If you want to write, you should pay attention to people — everybody has a story — and listen to people when they talk."

- Judy Blume

"The first draft is a skeleton. Just bare bones. The rest of the story comes later with revising."

- Judy Blume

"When it comes to breast cancer you’re not alone, and scary though it is, there's a network of amazing women to help you through it."

- Judy Blume

"Our fingerprints don’t fade from the lives we touch."

- Judy Blume

"Let children read whatever they want and then talk about it with them."

- Judy Blume

""Let children read whatever they want and then talk about it with them.""

- Judy Blume

"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."

- Judy Blume

"Each of us must confront our own fears, must come face to face with them. How we handle our fears will determine where we go with the rest of our lives. To experience adventure or to be limited by the fear of it."

- Judy Blume

"Our fingerprints don't fade from the lives we touch."

- Judy Blume