About Ned Vizzini: Ned Vizzini is the basis of the film of the same name.
I'll fail." "At schoool.""Failing at school is failing at life.
I wanted to tell people, "My depression is acting up today" as an excuse for not seeing them, but I never managed to pull it off.
You want to play video games twenty-four hours a day?" "Or watch. I just want to not be me. Whether it's sleeping or playing video games or riding my bike or studying. Giving my brain up. That's what's important.
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.
(...) Since I was a kid." "Which you refer to as 'back when you were happy.'" "Right.
I have a system with bathrooms. I spend a lot of time in them. They are sanctuaries, public places of peace spaced throughout the world for people like me.
This was all an excuse, I think. I was doing fine. I had a 93 average and I was holding my head above water. I had good friends and a loving family. And because I needed to be the center of attention, because I needed something more, I ended up here,...
I'm done with those; regrets are an excuse for people who have failed.
You all right, man?' This should be my name. I could be like a super hero: You All Right Man. Ah...' I stumble. Don't bug Craig,' Ronny is like. 'He's in the Craig zone. He's Craig-ing out.
That's worst than gonerreha, man!
We look into each other's eyes as we shake. His are still full of death and horror, but in them I see my face reflected, and inside my tiny eyes inside his, I think I see some hope.
Dreams are only dreams until you wake up and make them real.
When you mess something up, you learn for the next time.
People don't make good Anchors, though, Craig. They change. The people here are going to change. The patients are going to leave. You can't rely on them.
I didn't want to wake up. I was having a much better time asleep. And that's really sad.
Of course I wasn't abused. If I were; things would be so simple. I'd have a reason to for being in a shrinks office. I'd have a justification and something to work on. The world wasn't going to give me something that tidy.
A lot of the books that I grew up reading were pretty brutal, like the 'Redwall' books.
Putting lessons in young adult books is very dangerous.
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.
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.
Do you know about lock picking?” “I’m sure it’s like sex.” “I’m sure it’s not like sex.” “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 ...
