I wrote ‘And Two Boys Booed’ several years ago, but we really chased around looking for the perfect illustrator, so it took a while. Judith Viorst Read Quote
Starting after 60, I thought, ‘I’m not going to be able to write a book of poems on the 70s. It’s going to be all moans and groans and complaints, and what is there to laugh about?’ But I found plenty to laugh about. Judith Viorst Read Quote
Because we believe ourselves to be better parents than our parents, we expect to produce better children than they produced. Judith Viorst Read Quote
It’s very hard when I’ve seen a couple of people very beloved in my life with terrible degenerative diseases. Judith Viorst Read Quote
I not only wanted to write when I was 7 and 8, but I sent stuff out when I was 7 and 8. I sent it out… and I couldn’t believe that they would turn down my poems about faithful dogs. Judith Viorst Read Quote
My favorite was ‘The Secret Garden’. I loved it, and I think it’s had a big influence on all of my characters. ‘The Secret Garden’ is about transgressions and imperfect people. Judith Viorst Read Quote
My mother was a huge, huge reader. I think I picked up very early how precious it was to write things in books and have people like my mother glued to the page. Judith Viorst Read Quote
I thought that the 40s was a tough decade, because it’s when you finally figure out that you’re not immortal, when you really start seeing that certain options are closed to you forever: You’re not going to be a brain surgeon; you’re not going to be a ballerina. Judith Viorst Read Quote
I actually sat down and started three Alexanders at the same time. Two of them went in the trash and got stomped on because I hated the idea so much. And the one I came up with, I got very excited by. And that’s ‘Alexander, Who’s Trying His Best to Be the Best Boy Ever’. Judith Viorst Read Quote
