I Do Believe That People Who Write

If No One Speaks Out For [young Readers], If They Don’t Speak Out For Themselves, All They’ll Get For Required Reading Will Be The Most Bland Books Available. Instead Of Finding The Information They Need At The Library, Instead Of Finding Novels That Illuminate Life, They Will Find Only Those Materials To Which Nobody Could Possibly Object... In This Age Of Censorship I Mourn The Loss Of Books That Will Never Be Written, I Mourn The Voices That Will Be Silenced — Writers’ Voices, Teachers’ Voices, Students’ Voices — And All Because Of Fear.

"margaret" Was Just My Truth. It Was What I Knew To Be True About Sixth Grade.

I Am A Big Defender Of 'harry Potter,' And I Think Any Book That Gets Kids To Read Are Books That We Should Cherish, We Should Be Thankful For Them.

I Always Have Trouble With Titles For My Books. I Usually Have No Title Until The Editor Has To Present The Book And Calls Me Frantically, 'judy, We Need A Title.

I Thought [books Ban] Was Crazy. Really My Thoughts Were "this Is America, We Don't Do This Here" But Of Course I Know A Lot Better Now. And I Wasn't The Only One. Norma Klein Was Writing At The Same Time. Her Books Were Going. So Many Of Us. When You Say To Me, No You Can't Do This I Say, Oh Yes I Can.