Judy Blume Quotes

Adapting a Judy Blume book is something I really wanted to do, and you couldn't grow up in the '90s without knowing about 'Tiger Eyes' and reading it. It should've been assigned to all teenage girls.

I read Jilly Cooper when I was on the verge of just growing up and I was becoming a woman.

When I started writing 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid,' I was trying to write the type of book you might enjoy, put back on your shelf, and rediscover a few years later. I hope that the book finds its way into the bathroom of every kid in America.

Youth is a time when we find the books we give up but do not get over.

I think that the beauty of 'Spud' is that everyone can connect to the character of Spud in so many ways. It's about real experiences that happen to kids all the time.

Some of my favorite memories happened in the 'Boy Meets World' classroom.

'Catcher in the Rye' changed my life when I was a kid. I read it as I was a boy turning into a man, and I was so fascinated by the values. I believe in it.

If you make a film about childhood, you've got to pick a moment - you know, 'The 400 Blows.'

I could talk about 'Lady Bird' for literally the rest of my life! It never gets old.

I know it's hard to believe that I'm no longer the young 'Zuri' everyone has grown to love, which I truly appreciate, but like every young lady, I'm growing, I'm maturing and finding myself at 16 years old discovering the joys and pains of the world we live in.

When I did 'Fast Times,' I felt very close emotionally to the characters. I liked those characters because they all had to work, so they were dealing with adult problems even though they were very immature, and I could relate to that.

I was a 'young adult' when I wrote 'The Outsiders,' although it was not a genre at the time. It's an interesting time of life to write about, when your ideals get slammed up against reality, and you must compromise.

When you are in your teenage years you are consciously experiencing everything for the first time, so adolescent stories are all beginnings. There are never any endings.

I like writing about teenagers because it's a time of great change and conflict. Up to then, you accept what your parents tell you.

The thing about adolescence is that you are emerging from a state of obscurity. You are coming out into the world from your family. Your family can seem normal because it is your family and all you know, but in fact it is a mess.

'Superbad' was such a personal movie.

Does everything in this life begin and end with Judy Blume? Perhaps.

Of all the novels I've written, my favorite is 'Mick Harte Was Here'.

If I had to pick, I'd say my favorite book is 'A Prayer For Owen Meany', by John Irving.

When I did a study of all the coming-of-age movies that meant a lot to me, whether it was 'The Graduate' or 'Rebel Without a Cause' or 'Dead Poet's Society,' they all had that timeless feel. None of them were completely married to the details of their age. They felt timeless in their treatment of it. That's what made them resonate with me.

But, on another level it's really sort of this really cool coming of age story, it reminds me of like The Breakfast Club or something like that, if I can be so bold to associate with The Breakfast Club.

People forget that when you're 16, you're probably more serious than you'll ever be again. You think seriously about the big questions.

I wouldn't say I'm stuck in my adolescence, but I think, like a lot of people, I carry my teen years with me. I feel really in touch with those feelings, and how intense and complicated life seems in those years.

So many people have touched my heart and made an impact on my world. I'm thankful for every lesson and learning experience.

The characters in the book grow up with us. My voice has broken as well.