Stephen Chbosky
Stephen Chbosky
Stephen Chboskyis an American novelist, screenwriter, and film director best known for writing The New York Times bestselling coming-of-age novel The Perks of Being a Wallflower, as well as for screenwriting and directing the film version of the same book, starring Logan Lerman, Emma Watson, and Ezra Miller. He also wrote the screenplay for the 2005 film Rent, and was co-creator, executive producer, and writer of the CBS television series Jericho, which began airing in 2006...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth25 January 1970
CityPittsburgh, PA
CountryUnited States of America
The radio comes back even louder than you remember it.
The sound of the radio fades to nothing because the waves just can't reach
I was in my bed trying to figure out why sometimes you can wake up and go back to sleep and other times you can't
I was in the shopping mall because that's where I go lately. For the last couple of weeks, I've been going there every day, trying to figure out why people go there. It's kind of a personal project.
I'm only being cute here. I don't really mean it. I just wanted to make you smile.
I wasn't raised very religiously because my parents went to Catholic school, but I do believe in God very much. I just never gave God a name, if you know what I mean. I hope I haven't let Him down regardless.
Downtown. Lights on buildings and everything that makes you wonder. And in that moment, I swear we were infinite.
Do you think if people knew how crazy you really were, no one would ever talk to you?
Sam dropped me off. When she was too far away to see me, I started to cry again. Because she was my friend again. And that was enough for me.
Welcome to the island of misfit toys
The truth is, when it gets really quiet, when the silence gets too loud, i really start to miss everyone.
We didn't talk about anything heavy or light. We were just there together. And that was enough
I wanted to laugh. Or maybe get mad. Or maybe shrug at how strange everyone was, especially me.
Bridget who is crazy said that sometimes she thought about suicide when commercials come on during TV. She was sincere and this puzzled the guidance counselors.