Troye Sivan

“The most radical thing that I can do is share how happy I am.”

“To me, writing is a personal thing; I write super-personal, autobiographically.”

“I write really visually. In my head, I'm constantly picturing things as I'm writing, so for me, videos are such an expressive part of my job.”

“All my friends were doing just dumb stuff that kids do, like making out with people at parties and starting to date... I didn't know any gay people growing up or any queer people growing up, and so I just really felt alone and kind of lost, and I just wasn't experiencing life.”

“I'm on the path to being someone I'm equally terrified by and obsessed with. My true self.”

“I don't know what I would have done had I not found the Internet. I found a community of people who I really liked and who I felt got me.”

“I feel like part of getting better at writing is knowing where to find that inspiration. Right after something happens to me, the first thing I'll do is go write when those feelings are really, really fresh.”

“I feel like I have just been really, really lucky to meet some of the most successful and great actors alive today.”

“I super strongly identify with marginalized communities. I'm not at all religious, but I feel super, super Jewish. I can't even describe the feeling, but it actually feels really similar to being gay, the kind of kinship that you feel with the LGBTQ people. That same sense of community is there with Judaism.”

“My best memory of school was probably leaving school. Because I hated that fucking place.”

“When I was born, I always knew something was a little bit different about me.”

“I always felt different in a lot of ways and didn't really know how to express that.”

“Someone actually asked me once if I used coming out as a publicity stunt. It's cool that we live in a time when being gay could be seen as helping your career.”

“I think that the beauty of 'Spud' is that everyone can connect to the character of Spud in so many ways. It's about real experiences that happen to kids all the time.”

“I love retouching images on Photoshop.”

“Right after something happens to me, the first thing I'll do is go write when those feelings are really, really fresh. I'll hum a tune into my phone sometimes.”

“I have a majority girl audience on YouTube.”

“When I was younger, out in public, I never wanted to pop my hip and definitely made sure that my wrist was nice and firm. All these silly, prohibitive things.”

“I'm so ludicrously lucky, it would be disgusting if I didn't acknowledge it.”