I pay a lot of attention to whitespace. I pay a lot of attention to the rhythm of words together.
Jacqueline WoodsonThat's what makes best friends. It's not whether or not you live on the same block or go to the same school, but how you feel about each other in your hearts.
Jacqueline WoodsonI feel like so much of what I'm doing is making a road where there is no road and inviting people on that road with me. It's scary. It's scary, but I can't listen to the voices that are saying form is the only way, or that there is only this kind of form or that kind of form.
Jacqueline WoodsonMama says it's okay to be on the quiet side—if quiet means you're listening, watching, taking it all in.
Jacqueline Woodson