What's the point of thinking about how it's going to end when it's just the beginning?

My husband says I have too much imagination, but I don't think a writer can have too much imagination!

I wanted to write honest books for kids because I didn't have those when I was a kid.

I've never really thought in terms of taboos. I think that books can really help parents and kids talk together about difficult subjects. I've always felt that way.

I like to read fiction best and I like to write fiction, too.

Snoring keeps the monsters away.

In a New York Post interview, Judy Blume, author of young-adult fiction, gave this advice on getting your kids to read: "Moms come up to me at book signings and describe how they're telling their daughters, 'These were my favorite books,'?" she says. "I say, 'Quit it! That's the biggest turnoff!'"You want to get them to read them, leave them around the house and every so often, say, 'You're not ready to read this yet.'