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I wanted to write what I remembered to be true. ↗

— Judy Blume

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The best books come from someplace inside. You don't write because you want to, but because you have to. ↗

— Judy Blume

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The child from nine to 12 interests me very much. And so, those were the years that I like to write about, when I'm writing. ↗

— Judy Blume

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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. ↗

— Judy Blume

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When I started to write, it was the '70s, and throughout that decade, we didn't have any problems with book challenges or censorship. ↗

— Judy Blume

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When I was growing up, I dreamed about becoming a cowgirl, a detective, a spy, a great actress, or a ballerina. Not a dentist, like my father, or a homemaker, like my mother - and certainly not a writer, although I always loved to read. ↗

— Judy Blume

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One favourite find of mine has to be a 1980s black dinner jacket that I wear as a dress. ↗

— Lily Donaldson

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Well goodness knows, goodness knows what historians will write. ↗

— Alexander Downer

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I tend to plan as I write. And I want to leave myself open and the character open to keep on going until it seems to be the time to stop. ↗

— Roddy Doyle

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Young writers should definitely research the current sounds and styles. ↗

— Lamont Dozier

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