Don't trust women, my mother said to me. Even the ugly ones will take what you thought was yours.
Jacqueline WoodsonWe do inherently know that poetry is about the way we speak. It's about where we pause, where we drop our words in the middle of a sentence. It's about the rhythm and the cadence of the way we speak. It's about putting that down at the end of the day.
Jacqueline WoodsonMainly, I try not to think about my readers as I write - I just think of my characters and myself - If they're interesting to me, my hope is that they'll be interesting to others as well.
Jacqueline WoodsonDiversity is about all of us, and about us having to figure out how to walk through this world together.
Jacqueline Woodson