Never Give Up! And Remember, Determination Is

"summer Sisters" Was Actually Was A Huge Influence On "girls" Because It Was The First Thing I Ever Consumed That Sort Of Looked At The Way That Female Friendship Can Be Glorious And Can Be Complicated And Can Be So Like A Worse Betrayal Than Something Romantic And It Just Showed These Archetypes Of Femininity Than Totally Sort Of Individuated Them And Exploded Them.

I Love Picture Books. I Think Some Of The Best People In Children's Books Are The Ones Who Create Their Own Picture Books. I Wish I Could Say I'm One Of Them, But I'm Not.

Having The Freedom To Read And The Freedom To Choose Is One Of The Best Gifts My Parents Ever Gave Me.

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.