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
examine fancy flights novel stopping time
A novel wouldn't be a book if there weren't some flights of fancy on the part of the author, stopping time to examine things, or to tell a joke.
adulthood contains excite highs lows time
Adolescence is the most Technicolor time in our lives. It's the time when adulthood is new and we care most about it. It contains the highs and lows that excite me as a writer.
get-better i-can can-do
That's all I can do. I'll keep at it and hope it gets better.
lazy ambitious knows
I don't know how I can be so ambitious and so lazy at the same time.
important-relationships important persons
A person's relationship with food is one of their most important relationships.
bits
Every tounge bit had another word to say.
adults stuff
The stuff adults tell you not to do is the easiest.
epiphany closest
And that was the closest I've ever come to an epiphany.
anchors made
That made me happy. That was my Anchor.
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.
dies ifs
The Shift is coming. The Shift has to be coming. Because if you keep living like this you'll die.
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.
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.
profound middle profound-truth
Some of the most profound truths about us are things that we stop saying in the middle.