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
real school animal
We're all animals, high school is animals, but some of us are more animal than others. Like in 'Animal Farm,' which I read, all animals are created equal, but some are more equal than others? Here in the real world, all equals are created animal, but some are more animal than others.
real
So now live for real, Craig. Live. Live. Live. Live.
dream real wake-up
Dreams are only dreams until you wake up and make them real.
dream wake-up realization
What happened when you woke up?" "I was having a dream. I don’t know what it was, but when I woke up, I had this awful realization that I was awake. It hit me like a brick in the groin." "Like a brick in the groin, I see." "I didn't want to wake up. I was having a much better time asleep. And that's really sad. It was almost like a reverse nightmare, like when you wake up from a nightmare you're so relieved. I woke up into a nightmare." "And what is that nightmare, Craig?" "Life." "Life is a nightmare." "Yes.
mom dog jealous
I'm jealous of her. Can you be jealous of your mom for being able to handle things? I couldn't take a day off, take a dog to the vet, and cook dinner. That's like three times too much stuff for me to get done in one day. How am I ever going to have my own house?
thinking chemistry cases
I've started to think it must just be chemistry, in which case we're looking for the Shift and we haven't found it yet.
books grew reading
A lot of the books that I grew up reading were pretty brutal, like the 'Redwall' books.
adult freedom similarly targeted tremendous
You have tremendous freedom in the young adult book world to write what you want. You can put R-rated content in a book that you can't in a similarly targeted movie.
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.
age asked drawn material people utterly wanna
People have always asked me why I'm drawn to material about kids, and for me, it's - I remember being at that age and feeling completely and utterly powerless. You know, there's so many things you wanna do and so many things you're told you can't do.
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.