Straight people have it so much easier. They don’t understand. They can’t. There’s no such thing as openly straight.

- Bill Konigsberg

Guilt is about something you do. Shame is about who you are.

- Bill Konigsberg

Do you know how you get the urge to clean your room, and it’s no big deal? But when your mom tells you that you have to clean your room, you don't wa…

- Bill Konigsberg

You can be anything you want, but when you go against who you are inside, it doesn't feel good.

- Bill Konigsberg

And perhaps the best answer is not to tolerate differences, not even to accept them. But to celebrate them. Maybe then those who are different would …

- Bill Konigsberg

Wouldn't it be nice if we lived in a world where no one thought being gay was even something to ride someone about?

- Bill Konigsberg

The hole in my heart, I can’t even begin to describe. It’s hard when you open your heart and let someone in and then suddenly they’re not in it anymo…

- Bill Konigsberg

Having no room of my own to "take care of things" had begun to weigh on me. I wondered if storing up semen would have a health impact on me, positive…

- Bill Konigsberg

I don't think about relatability (when writing), I think about the heart of the character.

- Bill Konigsberg