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
girl i-like-you smart
I like you a lot. Because you’re funny and smart and because you seem to like me. I know that’s not a good reason, but I can’t help it; if a girl likes me I tend to like her back [...] I like you for all this stuff but I also kind of like you for the cuts on your face—
stronger
And when you say the truth you get stronger.
no-excuses excuse cruelty
Misfortune is no excuse for cruelty.
book reading grew
A lot of the books that I grew up reading were pretty brutal, like the Redwall books.
teenager two people
Relationships change even more than people. It's like two people changing. It's exponentially more volatile. Especially two teenagers.
mean important tvs
They're sort of ancillary anyway, friends. I mean, they're important -- everybody knows that; the TV tells you so -- but they come and go. You lose one friend, you pick up another.
broken feelings awful
I feel dead, wasted, awful, broken and useless. It's not the kind of feeling you forget.
thinking people television
My family shouldn't have to put up with me. They're good people, solid, happy. Sometimes when I'm with them I think I'm on television.
giving brain jars
The Shift hasn't happened yet, maybe it never will, but sometimes-just enough times to give me hope-my brain jars back into where it's supposed to be.
doctors
Yes, Doctor. I'll do what you say. I'll do what you all say.
sleep home trying
What am I always going to do? I'm going to go home and freak out.I'm going to sit with my family and try not to talk about myself and what's wrong. Im going to try and eat. Then I'm going to try and sleep. I dread it. I can't eat and I can't sleep. I'm not doing well in terms of being a functional human, you know?
dying not-afraid
I'm not afraid of dying, I'm afraid of living.
important-relationships important persons
A person's relationship with food is one of their most important relationships.
lying thinking knowing
It’s tough to get out of bed; I know that myself. You can lie there for an hour and a half without thinking anything, just worrying about what the day holds and knowing that you won’t be able to deal with it.