![]() ![]() My hope is that this book can encourage people to listen to themselves, to trust in themselves – and not to think too much about what their parents or friends might think. ![]() And it’s something I’ve thought a lot about – why it took so long. What sort of influence do you hope to have? ![]() And I did so in the hope that others could get something out of it. I couldn’t have written it any other way. For a while, I wished that the book was a novel, but now I’m happy with what it is, and I don’t regret being so radically open. So the hardest part was fear of what might happen when other people read it, and then a whole lot of strangers would know all about me while I know nothing about them. ![]() Was anything particularly difficult about the writing?īecause I was writing so personally, and so intimately – it was kind of like a therapy session for me. For the first time in my life, I have the feeling that I can really make a lasting impact – that I can make people’s lives better – and that’s a lovely feeling. Many are young people saying they’ve read the book, or they’ve given it to their parents to read and now their parents understand them better. What’s changed for me most is that I’ve always received a lot of negative feedback and hate messages online – but since the book came out, I’ve been getting a lot of very positive messages about how much it’s meant to people. Well, I’ve been doing a lot of interviews. How has the book’s success changed your life? ![]()
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