Judy Blume

"Let children read whatever they want and then talk about it with them. If parents and kids can talk together, we won't have as much censorship because we won't have as much fear."

"My only advice is to stay aware, listen carefully, and yell for help if you need it."

"My only advice is to stay aware, listen carefully, and yell for help if you need it."

"The truth will make you odd."

"Our finger prints don't fade from the lives we touch."

"Let children read whatever they want and then talk about it with them. If parents and kids can talk together, we won't have as much censorship because we won't have as much fear."

"[I]t's not just the books under fire now that worry me. It is the books that will never be written. The books that will never be read. And all due to the fear of censorship. As always, young readers will be the real losers."