When I lock myself up to write, I cannot allow myself to think about the censor or the reviewer or anyone but my characters and their story!
Judy BlumeRead
I loved to read, and I think any child who loves to read will read anything, including the back of the cereal box, which I did every morning.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Reading fosters a love for learning in children and encourages exploration.
In this quote, Judy Blume emphasizes the importance of instilling a love for reading in children. She suggests that when children enjoy reading, they will seek out various forms of text, even the mundane, as part of their learning journey, highlighting the joy and curiosity that reading can inspire from an early age.
Themes
ReadingChildrenEducationLiteracyCuriosity
In practice
Example use cases
This quote can inspire parents during a school open house.
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Nobody ever asks me why my characters don't text each other. Besides, as soon as you put something 'electronic' in a book, it's already out of date by the time it's published: everything will have changed. Human emotion, on the other hand, will never change.
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