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" From a plot perspective, what I finally found for my touchstone was that I consider 'Upside' to be a loose telling of Jane Austen's 'Emma,' or 'Clueless.' "

Becky Albertalli

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" There is no universal gay experience. All stories are relevant, and all stories are needed. "

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" I actually don't know much about Jaclyn Moriarty's process or where her stories come from or who inspired her characters. I just know that reading her books feels like sitting with friends. Her characters feel alive. "

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" I am a psychologist. That's my training. "

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" 'Simon' was always a word-of-mouth book. When it came out in 2015, I don't know that anybody thought that 'Simon' could be mainstream. Publisher Harper Collins loved it in-house, but it wasn't a lead title. Nobody is more surprised than me that it's a film. It's the little book that could. "

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" I've worked a lot with kids who identify as LGBTQ or gender nonconforming, and they are unquestionably some of the bravest people I've ever met. "

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" The Internet and social media can really be life-saving for some kids. "

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" Fat has a range of experiences. "

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" It's funny, the moments that shape you as a writer. "

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" I lived in the D.C. area for eight years. "

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" Love is bumping along together with the people in your life and making mistakes and trying to make them right by virtue of the fact that these are people you actually love; you care about them enough to muddle through it with them. "

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" You have this idea that Hollywood is all about making money and is very impersonal. But 'Love, Simon' is such a passion project for director Greg Berlanti. "

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" I guess I feel it's funny to be looked to for advice on writing when I am still taking in so much from other people. "

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" I think we're all a little bit caught up in the drama inside our own heads. "

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" There are so many kinds of normal. "

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" It's so easy as a teen to feel like everybody is having this normal experience - except you. You're on the outside. "

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" Most people don't seem to know that I am Jewish. "

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" There are so many different environmental factors for just how safe it is for a kid to come out. "

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" Greg Berlanti is in charge of a lot of superhero shows on television. He is a literal superhero. He is absolutely brilliant. "

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" Don't be afraid of growing up and changing and getting used to these newer versions of yourself and becoming more comfortable sharing those versions of yourself with the people in your life, even people who knew you when you were younger. "

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" I've been fat since fourth grade and bullied for it, but I still knew I couldn't represent every kids' experience. "

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" My book, 'Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda,' is a gay love story. It's also a story about friendship. Quite honestly, it's also probably a 320-page product placement for Oreos. "

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" As a psychologist, I'm painstakingly careful not to borrow my clients' stories for my fiction - but in a general sense, I'm very much inspired by all the teenagers I've been lucky enough to know and work with. "

Becky Albertalli

" It's really important to me to follow the kinds of conversations that happen around diversity and representation and writing inclusive books. "

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