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
books grew reading
A lot of the books that I grew up reading were pretty brutal, like the 'Redwall' books.
easiest
I always start a book thinking that it can be something other than first-person present, and I always come back to first-person present. It's just the easiest way.
amazing people quickly
Once you have a kid, it's amazing how quickly people ask, 'So are you going to stop at just one?'
issue pick
I have an issue with dogs - I can't pick up after them. It's nothing personal; it just makes me feel like a servant.
blessing cares children cost evil love parents send ways
'Game of Thrones' cares about children. Children are heirs. There's no hemming and hawing about how they're desensitized to violence or they cost too much to send to college. They're a blessing - in many ways the only blessing - and even the evil ones have parents who love them.
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.
adults stuff
The stuff adults tell you not to do is the easiest.
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.
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.