Ned Vizzini
Ned Vizzini
Ned Vizziniwas an American writer. He was the author of four books for young adults including It's Kind of a Funny Story, which NPR named #56 of the "100 Best-Ever Teen Novels" of all time and which is the basis of the film of the same name...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionYoung Adult Author
Date of Birth4 April 1981
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
mom dog jealous
I'm jealous of her. Can you be jealous of your mom for being able to handle things? I couldn't take a day off, take a dog to the vet, and cook dinner. That's like three times too much stuff for me to get done in one day. How am I ever going to have my own house?
i-smile jimmy asks
Is that the truth, Jimmy?" I ask without looking at him. "It's the truth and it come to ya!" I smile.
order people tvs
I should be a success and I'm not and other people- younger people- are. Younger people than me are on TV and getting their lives in order. I'm still a nobody. When am I going to not be a nobody?
hero men names
You all right, man?' This should be my name. I could be like a super hero: You All Right Man. Ah...' I stumble. Don't bug Craig,' Ronny is like. 'He's in the Craig zone. He's Craig-ing out.
dies ifs
The Shift is coming. The Shift has to be coming. Because if you keep living like this you'll die.
jobs feel-better feelings
Life's not about feeling better, it's about getting the job done.
lasts moments last-day
I've had good moments scattered since then, times when I thought I was better, but that was the last day I felt triumphant.
teacher witty fall
I want my brain to slide back into the slot it was meant to be in, rest there the way it did before the fall of last year, back when I was young, witty, and my teachers said I had incredible promise.
simple giving office
Of course I wasn't abused. If I were; things would be so simple. I'd have a reason to for being in a shrinks office. I'd have a justification and something to work on. The world wasn't going to give me something that tidy.
life-is
I'm going to be here until I'm cured?" "Life is not cured, Mr. Gilner. Life is managed".
rage bigs angry
I was never big on rage.' 'Why?' "It's so much more angry in my head than it could ever be outside.
want above-and-beyond conjunctions
its hard to talk when you want to kill yourself
common
Nobody had told me I was common.
brain maps construction
A working brain is probably a lot like a map, where anybody can get from one place to another on the freeways. It's the nonworking brains that get blocked, that have dead ends, that are under construction like mine.