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I think the more we see more officers holding each other accountable, the more we will see people trust cops in this country.

I often say that I want to write like Tupac rapped. I could listen to his album, and within a few minutes, I could go from thinking deeply to laughing to crying to partying.

Angie Thomas

The transition from unknown to known-in-publishing has been empowering but also challenging. It's an honor to know that people actually want to know what I think about certain issues, but I also have to be careful about what I say or, rather, how I say it. The Internet is forever, y'all.

Angie Thomas

When I was a kid, if you asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up, the answer was easy - the next Lisa Leslie.

Angie Thomas

I think the more we see more officers holding each other accountable, the more we will see people trust cops in this country.

Angie Thomas

I wanted to write a book like a rapper would write it - I didn't want to hold back. Rappers catch a lot of slack; I'm not going to be cursing up a storm, but when I look at Nas... his first album is one of my favorites. I want to tell stories like that.

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Representation makes a difference.

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For me, hip-hop was a mirror when young-adult books were not. I could see myself in a Nas song more than I could see myself in a book.

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Writing is a form of activism.

Angie Thomas

Michael Brown - when he lost his life, there was more focus on what he had done sometimes than what was done to him.

Angie Thomas

At 7, I was shooting 3s with so much ease that the guys at the neighborhood park were impressed. Michael Jordan was one of the best humans to walk the earth in my eyes, third only to Jesus and my mother.

Angie Thomas

You just have to find your activism, and don't let anyone tell you what that should look like. If you're doing the work, and you're getting someone to think, you're on the right path.

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As a black woman, I feel like I have a unique experience that we don't often see in media portrayals of the South.

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I want you to realize your voice matters.

Angie Thomas

The Hogwarts houses are really gangs. They have their own colours, their own hideouts, and they are always riding for each other, like gangs.

Angie Thomas