Watson has mentioned Just Kids in at least three separate interviews over the years.
In 2011 she told Vogue that this book touched her in a special way saying, "I want to live like Patti. I want to write like Patti. The book was so honest and brave. I loved the way she sees the world. I really felt that life was more beautiful after I read it, and I felt more hopeful."
Then, in 2012, Watson told Savoir Flair that Just Kids would always be on her bedside table — and in 2013 she told Elle that the book still held a place in her heart.
Synopsis: Just Kids is a personal memoir from American singer-songwriter Patti Smith about her time spent in New York City as a budding artist with her lover, photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, during the late 60s and 70s.
