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 smart thinking
I wasn’t gifted. Mom was wrong. I was just smart and I worked hard. I had fooled myself into thinking that was something important to the rest of the world. Other people were complicit in this ruse. Nobody had told me I was common.
jobs feel-better feelings
Life's not about feeling better, it's about getting the job done.
life perfect people
People are screwed up in this world. I'd rather be with someone screwed up and open about it than somebody perfect and ready to explode.
people needs feels
I don't owe people anything, and I don't have to talk to them any more than I feel I need to.
mean compliments-you people
See, when you mess something up, you learn for the next time. It's when people compliment you that you're in trouble. That means they expect you to keep it up.
adults stuff
The stuff adults tell you not to do is the easiest.
silly heart littles
It's such a silly little thing, the heart.
sad depression suicide
I can't eat and I can't sleep. I'm not doing well in terms of being a functional human, you know?
real
So now live for real, Craig. Live. Live. Live. Live.
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.
problem
We wear our problems diffrently
dream real wake-up
Dreams are only dreams until you wake up and make them real.
want able alive
You shouldn't be able to be alive and you are. You want to trade?
strong knowing done
That's what gets me through the day. Knowing that I could do it. That I'm strong enough to do it and I can get it done.