#ed

I keep telling myself, don't get cocky. Give your services to the press and the media, be nice to the kids, throw a baseball into the stands once in a while. ↗

— Vida Blue

#be nice #cocky #get #give #i

It's a weird scene. You win a few baseball games and all of a sudden you're surrounded by reporters and TV men with cameras asking you about Vietnam and race relations. ↗

— Vida Blue

#asking #ball games #baseball #cameras #few

After World War II society had to settle back for a moment before it picked up the 20th century. ↗

— Stella Blum

#after #back #before #century #had

Most terrorists are people deeply concerned by what they see as social, political, or religious injustice and hypocrisy, and the immediate grounds for their terrorism is often retaliation for an action of the United States. ↗

— William Blum

#concerned #deeply #grounds #hypocrisy #immediate

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.' ↗

— Judy Blume

#book #books #calls #editor #frantically

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. ↗

— Judy Blume

#anything #become #could #even #grow

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. ↗

— Judy Blume

#always #brain #down #draft #drafts

I'm less needy about needing to express myself through acting. I have many different lives outside of this that are extremely fulfilling. ↗

— Richard Gere

#acting #different #express #extremely #fulfilling

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. ↗

— Judy Blume

#anything #back #box #cereal #child

I meet people on the street or at book signings and they tend to treat me as if they know me, as if we're connected. It's great. ↗

— Judy Blume

#book signings #connected #great #i #know