What I write comes from a place of deep love, and a deep understanding of all kinds of otherness. Jacqueline Woodson Read Quote
People who are living in economic struggle are more than their circumstances. They’re majestic and creative and beautiful. Jacqueline Woodson Read Quote
I’m usually working on several things at once. If I get bored with one, I can go on to another. That way, I never get stuck. Jacqueline Woodson Read Quote
My writing is inspired by where I come from, where I am today, and where I hope to go some day. Jacqueline Woodson Read Quote
My sister taught me how to write my name when I was about three. I remember writing my whole name: Jacqueline Amanda Woodson. I just loved the power of that, of being able to put a letter on the page and that letter meaning something. Jacqueline Woodson Read Quote
My grandparents were wealthy; my mom was not. I would walk into these worlds of privilege and then walk back into this other world. My little brother is biracial. So race and economic class and sexuality – these were always issues that were a part of my life. Jacqueline Woodson Read Quote
The writing that I have found to be most false is the writing that doesn’t offer hope. Jacqueline Woodson Read Quote
I think there is much more queer visibility than there was when I was a kid. There is marriage, more trans visibility, and many more celebrities who are open about the sexuality. This was so not the case when I was a kid. Jacqueline Woodson Read Quote
I think, as a kid, turning on the television and seeing that everyone seemed to be wealthy and white made me feel like an outsider, lesser than. I was not wealthy. I was not white. Jacqueline Woodson Read Quote
