It's strange because sometimes, I read a book, and I think I am the people in the book. Stephen Chbosky More Quotes by Stephen Chbosky More Quotes From Stephen Chbosky I didn't feel like reading that night, so I went downstairs and watched a half-hour long commercial that advertised an exercise machine. They kept flashing a 1-800 number, so I called it. The woman who picked up the other end of the phone was named Michelle. And I told Michelle that I was a kid and did not need an exercise machine, but I hoped she was having a good night. That's when Michelle hung up on me. And I didn't mind a bit. Stephen Chbosky good-night reading kids I don't know the significance of this, but I find it very interesting. Stephen Chbosky very-interesting significance interesting It's like looking at all the students and wondering who's had their heart broken that day, and how they are able to cope with having three quizzes and a book report on top of that. Stephen Chbosky broken heart book Regardless, I decided to never take LSD again. Stephen Chbosky lsd decided How about your favorite book?" "This Side of Paradise by From. Scott Fitzgerald." "Why?" "Because it was the last one I read." This made them laugh because they knew I meant it honest, not show-off. Then they told me their favorites, and we sat quiet. Stephen Chbosky scott-fitzgerald laughing book If you care about somebody, you should want them to be happy. Even if you wind up being left out. Stephen Chbosky care want wind But in that moment when my brother took the field, all that washed away, and everyone was proud... I looked up at my dad, and he was smiling. I looked at my mom, and she was smiling even though she was nervous about my brother getting hurt, which was strange because it was a VCR tape of an old game, and she knew he didn't get hurt. Stephen Chbosky mom brother hurt And she says she wants to expose me to all these great things. And to tell you the truth, I don't really want to be exposed to all these great things if it means that I'll have to hear Mary Elizabeth talk about all the great things she exposed me to all the time. I don't understand that. I would give someone a record so they could love the record, not so they would always know that I gave it to them. Stephen Chbosky records giving mean The truth is, when it gets really quiet, when the silence gets too loud, i really start to miss everyone. Stephen Chbosky silence missing quiet Welcome to the island of misfit toys. Stephen Chbosky welcome toys islands When you publish a book, you do so in part to end the silence. All censorship is silence. I would never, as an author, feel right requiring a young person whose family would object to the book to read it. Just as I would never force that person to read it, I would ask those folks to not force others not to read it. To me, that is just good manners. Stephen Chbosky good-man silence book When I did a study of all the coming-of-age movies that meant a lot to me, whether it was 'The Graduate' or 'Rebel Without a Cause' or 'Dead Poet's Society,' they all had that timeless feel. None of them were completely married to the details of their age. They felt timeless in their treatment of it. That's what made them resonate with me. Stephen Chbosky rebel details age Movies, by nature, are not subjective, they're objective. Stephen Chbosky objectives subjective I would make the movie industry more like the television industry. TV is more material driven. In TV, you can break new stars. TV can take more chances. Stephen Chbosky tvs stars television I want to be an author/director and I'm writing my second book now and I want to make a movie of it, and I hope I get to do this for the rest of my life. Stephen Chbosky writing directors book I found, through the process of doing 'The Perks of Being a Wallflower,' that I really love directing movies and I love writing books and so this will become the centerpiece of my career for the next ten or twenty years. Doing these adaptations. Stephen Chbosky writing book years As we all know, when you're an athlete things are a little bit easier for you. It didn't mean that what was going on inside my heart wasn't a bit of a thunderstorm, but outwardly I got along ok. I was really shy in seventh grade. Stephen Chbosky athlete heart mean I know that things get worse before they get better because that’s what my psychiatrist says, but this is a worse that feels too big. Stephen Chbosky psychiatrist get-better bigs It's okay to feel things. And be who you are about them. Stephen Chbosky be-who-you-are okay feels Do you think if people knew how crazy you really were, no one would ever talk to you? Stephen Chbosky crazy people thinking
