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
I don't think we should base so much on weight, muscles, and a good hair day, but when it happens, it's nice. It really is.
What's your favorite book? "The last one I read.
Part of the reason I wrote the book was I wanted to understand for myself why such good people let themselves get treated so badly.
I wonder what it will be like when I leave this place.
And I never felt that good in my life. But I also felt bad because I saw her naked without her permission.
Girls like guys to be a challenge. It gives them some mold to fit in how they act. Like a mom. What would a mom do if she couldn't fuss over you and make you clean your room? And what would you do without her fussing and making you do it? Everyone needs a mom. And a mom knowns this. And it gives her a sense of purpose. You get it?
Even if we don't have the power to choose where we come from, we can still choose where we go from there.
It’s much easier not to know things sometimes.
Banning books gives us silence when we need speech. It closes our ears when we need to listen. It makes us blind when we need sight.
I think the idea is that every person has to live for his or her own life and then make the choice to share it with other people. Maybe that is what makes people "participate.
Just tell me how to be different in a way that makes sense.
Writing a novel is a lot like directing a movie because you are creating a world and a tone, you are creating a large canvas and all the details.
I don’t know if you’ve ever felt like that. That you wanted to sleep for a thousand years. Or just not exist. Or just not be aware that you do exist. Or something like that. I think wanting that is very morbid, but I want it when I get like this. That’s why I’m trying not to think. I just want it all to stop spinning.
I'm going to be who I really am. I'm going to figure out what this is.