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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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" 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

Work

Much

Clients

" 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. "

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

" One of the things that 'Love, Simon' is doing that hasn't been done before is it's a gay teen rom-com with a mainstream wide release and the backing of a studio that previous gay rom-coms have not had. I'm really excited by that. "

" 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. "

" Fat has a range of experiences. "

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

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

Becky Albertalli

Think

Own

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

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

Becky Albertalli

Easy

You

" 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. "

" 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. "

" There are so many kinds of normal. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

Becky Albertalli

Psychologist

I Am

" 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.' "

" 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. "

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