I can't eat and I can't sleep. I'm not doing well in terms of being a functional human, you know? Ned Vizzini More Quotes by Ned Vizzini More Quotes From Ned Vizzini Is that the truth, Jimmy?" I ask without looking at him. "It's the truth and it come to ya!" I smile. Ned Vizzini i-smile jimmy asks Yes, Doctor. I'll do what you say. I'll do what you all say. Ned Vizzini doctors Dreams are only dreams until you wake up and make them real. Ned Vizzini wake-up real dream 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? Ned Vizzini home sleep trying How would you know? Everything’s like sex. It’s the universal metaphor. To pick a lock, let me guess, you have to go slow at first, but then you have to pull off some fancy moves, and you have to stay concentrated, and you have to stick something in something, right? Ned Vizzini fancy sex moving Putting lessons in young adult books is very dangerous. Ned Vizzini adults lessons book A lot of the books that I grew up reading were pretty brutal, like the Redwall books. Ned Vizzini grew reading book Time is a person-made concept. Ned Vizzini concepts persons made 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. Ned Vizzini you freedom book world 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. Ned Vizzini new me care 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. Ned Vizzini joke things time book 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. Ned Vizzini start book way thinking 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. Ned Vizzini me you age people '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. Ned Vizzini game blessing love children Once you have a kid, it's amazing how quickly people ask, 'So are you going to stop at just one?' Ned Vizzini stop amazing you people 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. Ned Vizzini nothing personal feel me
