'I may be one of the only authors who says, 'this movie is better than the book.''
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"This is the first time I have ever had someone ask me, 'Can we make the movie?' with that kind of credential," Blume told"Good Morning America.""And to top it off, she said, 'My mentor is [Academy Award-winning director] James L. Brooks and he is with me the whole time ... can we come to meet you in Key West?' ... By the end of that lunch, we all knew we were gonna do it.
"Some people just have a great memory for their own childhoods, and I had that. When I started to write, it never occurred to me to write anything except about kids. Kids on the cusp, kids on the edge. And I think that's part of the connection," she explained.Dana Hawley/Lionsgate
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