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It's not just the books under fire now that worry me. It is the books that will never be written. ↗

— Judy Blume

#fire #just #me #never #now

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

— Judy Blume

#best #books #come #inside #someplace

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

#child #i #interests #like #me

Middle age is the awkward period when Father Time starts catching up with Mother Nature. ↗

— Harold Coffin

#awkward #catching #father #father time #middle

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

#get #how #i #i remember #morning

But every single damn thing matters! Only we don't realize. We just tell ourselves that art runs on one track and life, our lives, on another, and we don't realize that's a lie. ↗

— Roberto Bolano

#art #damn #damn thing #every #just

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

#book #censorship #challenges #decade #i

It's very validating when you are new in the industry to get awards. It boosts your self-esteem. ↗

— Sheena Easton

#boosts #get #industry #new #self-esteem

My mother has never been involved in my professional life. I am very close to my mother but we keep it on a mother-daughter basis and not a work-related basis. ↗

— Sheena Easton

#basis #been #close #i #i am

My sole focus as far back as I can remember was all about my dream to become a singer. ↗

— Sheena Easton

#back #become #dream #far #focus