Stephen Chbosky Quotes

I realized that it happened every Saturday when we would watch television. ~ Stephen Chbosky

I hope you have a very nice life because I really think you deserve it. I really do ~ Stephen Chbosky

Music is a vital part of my life, and it has been since I was a kid. It helped me find my identity as a person, it helped me find my identity as an artist, and it helped me get in touch with emotions that I didn't know I had. ~ Stephen Chbosky

Math has never made any sense to me. ~ Stephen Chbosky

you accept the love you think you deserve ~ Stephen Chbosky

I am writing to you because she said you listen and understand and didn't try to sleep with that person at that party even though you could have. ~ Stephen Chbosky

'Harold and Maude' was a seminal movie for me because it's not only a beautiful love story, but it's also about the moment when misfits find each other. ~ Stephen Chbosky

It would be very nice to have a friend again. I would like that even more than a date. ~ Stephen Chbosky

People who try to control situations all the time are afraid that if they don't, nothing will work out the way they want. ~ Stephen Chbosky

Adults are bad at remembering how powerful they can be because somewhere along the line, they were shamed for their imagination. ~ Stephen Chbosky

Bill looks different without a suit. He was wearing his old graduate school T-shirt. Which was Brown. The school. Not the color. His girlfriend was wearing sandals and a nice flowered dress. She even had hair under her arms. No kidding! ~ Stephen Chbosky

Love always, Charlie ~ Stephen Chbosky

It's just that some people walk with their heads to the ground for some reason. They don't like to look other people in the eye. ~ Stephen Chbosky

People are alive and appreciate what that means. At least I hope you do because other ~ Stephen Chbosky

Lights on buildings and everything that makes you wonder. ~ Stephen Chbosky

Just think it's bad when a boy looks at a girl and thinks that the way he sees the girl is better than the girl actually is. ~ Stephen Chbosky

My grandfather always says is "too dry" even if it's soup. ~ Stephen Chbosky

'Rent' was a special project for me. It was my first notable screenplay job. I worked with two wonderful directors on it, starting with Spike Lee in the summer of 2001. I wrote a draft for Spike and he was really good to me. ~ Stephen Chbosky

I think you of all people are alive and appreciates what that means. ~ Stephen Chbosky

No more pencils, no more books, no more teachers' dirty looks, when the teacher rings the bell, drop your books and run like hell ~ Stephen Chbosky

Do you think if people knew how crazy you really were, no one would ever talk to you? ~ Stephen Chbosky

So, I looked up, and we were in this giant dome like a glass snowball, and Mark said that the amazing white stars were really only holes in the black glass of the dome, and when you went to heaven, the glass broke away, and there was nothing but a whole sheet of star white, which is brighter than anything but doesn't hurt your eyes. It was vast and open and thinly quiet, and I felt so small. ~ Stephen Chbosky

I have finished To Kill a Mockingbird. It is now my favorite book of all time, but then again, I always think that until I read another book. ~ Stephen Chbosky

I think they were afraid that some of us would try to kill ourselves or something because they looked very tense and one of them kept touching his beard. ~ Stephen Chbosky

I said yes because I didn't want to do anything wrong, ~ Stephen Chbosky

Well, I thought a lot of things. But mostly, I thought that your being sad was much more important to me than Craig not being your boyfriend anymore. And if it meant that I would never get to think of you that way, as long as you were happy, it was okay. That's when I realized that I really loved you. ~ Stephen Chbosky

Sometimes, I look outside, and I think that a lot of other people have seen this snow before. Just like I think that a lot of other people have read those books before. And listened to those songs.
I wonder how they feel tonight. ~ Stephen Chbosky

Personally, I like to think my brother is having a college experience like they do in the movies. I don't mean the big fraternity party kind of movie. More like the movie where the guy meets a smart girl who wears a lot of sweaters and drinks cocoa. They talk about books and issues and kiss in the rain. I think something like that would be very good for him, especially if the girl were unconventionally beautiful. They are the best kind of girls, I think. I personally find 'super models' strange. I don't know why this is. ~ Stephen Chbosky

very easy to read, but very hard to 'read well ~ Stephen Chbosky

We were infinite ~ Stephen Chbosky

Five minutes of a lifetime were truly spent, and we felt young in a good way. ~ Stephen Chbosky

I guess Zen is a day like this when you are part of the air and remember things ~ Stephen Chbosky

I'm not saying she was lying to me, but she just acted so different before I got to know her, and if she really isn't like what she was at the beginning, I wish she could have just said so. ~ Stephen Chbosky

I am looking at her and she is so beautiful. ~ Stephen Chbosky

Maybe it's sad that these are now memories. And maybe it's not sad. ~ Stephen Chbosky

You see things You keep quiet about them. You understand. ~ Stephen Chbosky

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

Then, I started running. And everything was as good as it could be. ~ Stephen Chbosky

I wasn't raised very religiously because my parents went to Catholic school, but I do believe in God very much. I just never gave God a name, if you know what I mean. I hope I haven't let Him down regardless. ~ Stephen Chbosky

That scared me a lot. It scared me how much it scared me. Being punished for something you did not do. Or being an innocent victim. It's just something that I never want to experience. ~ Stephen Chbosky

As you see the opening get closer, you just can't get fast enough. And finally, just when you think you'll never get there, you see the opening right in front of you. ~ Stephen Chbosky

I think you of all people would understand that because you of all people are alive and appreciate what that means. ~ Stephen Chbosky

I went to the library to look up the figures, and I found out that the episode we watched is the highest watched anything of television history, which I find amazing because it felt like just the five of us. ~ Stephen Chbosky

Asleep by the Smiths
Vapour Trail by Ride
Scarborough Fair by Simon & Garfunkel
A Whiter Shade of Pale by Procol Harum
Dear Prudence by the Beatles
Gypsy by Suzanne Vega
Nights in White Satin by the Moody Blues
Daydream by Smashing Pumpkins
Dusk by Genesis (before Phil Collins was even in the band!)
MLK by U2
Blackbird by the Beatles
Landslide by Fleetwood Mac
Asleep by the Smiths (again!)
-Charlie's mixtape ~ Stephen Chbosky

Patrick used to be popular, until Sam bought him some good music. ~ Stephen Chbosky

I feel like a big faker because I've been putting my life back together, and nobody knows. ~ Stephen Chbosky

The radio comes back even louder than you remember it. ~ Stephen Chbosky

What the fuck is wrong with you? ~ Stephen Chbosky

Except that my father got a raise, and my mother didn't because she doesn't get paid for housework, and my sister stopped reading those self-esteem books because she met a new boy ~ Stephen Chbosky

Movies, by nature, are not subjective, they're objective. ~ Stephen Chbosky

I just listened to the music, and breathed in the day, and remembered things. Things like walking around the neighborhood and looking at the houses and the lawns and the colorful trees and having that be enough. ~ Stephen Chbosky

And all the books you've read have been read by other people. And all the songs you've loved have been heard by other people. And that girl that's pretty to you is pretty to other people. and that if you looked at these facts when you were happy, you would feel great because you are describing 'unity. ~ Stephen Chbosky

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. ~ Stephen Chbosky

More like the movie where the guy meets a smart girl who wears a lot of sweaters and drinks cocoa. They talk about books and issues and kiss in the rain. ~ Stephen Chbosky

But I really think that everyone should have watercolors, magnetic poetry, and a harmonica. My ~ Stephen Chbosky

They are all my favourites. All of them. ~ Stephen Chbosky

As you enter the tunnel, the wind gets sucked away, and you squint from the lights overhead. When you adjust the lights, you can see the other side in the distance just as the sound of the radio fades to nothing because the waves just can't reach. Then, you're in the middle of the tunnel, and everything becomes a calm dream. As you see the opening get closer, you just can't get there fast enough. And finally, just when you think you'll never get there, you see the opening right in front of you. And the radio comes back even louder than you remember it. And the wind is waiting. And you fly out of the tunnel onto the bridge. And there it is. The city. A million lights and buildings and everything seems as exciting as the first time you saw it. ~ Stephen Chbosky

Standing on the fringes of life ... offers a unique perspective. But there comes a time to see what it looks like from the dance floor. ~ Stephen Chbosky

I know we didn't accomplish anything, but it felt great to sit there and talk about our place in things. ~ Stephen Chbosky

In the last month or so, i have read the great gatsby and a separate peace. i am starting to see a real trend in the kind of books bill gives me to read. and just like the tape of songs, it is amazing to hold each of them in the palm of my hand. they are all my favorites. all of them. ~ Stephen Chbosky

It's like my very first memory, which I guess is the first time I was aware that I was alive. ~ Stephen Chbosky

I'm not a bulimic, I'm a bulimist, I love bulimia. ~ Stephen Chbosky

What about when someone doesn't need a shoulder? What if they need the arms? ~ Stephen Chbosky

It's kind of like when you look at yourself in the mirror and you say your name. And it gets to a point where none of it seems real. Well, sometimes I can do that, but I don't need an hour in front of a mirror. It just happens very fast, and things start to slip away. And I just open my eyes, and I see nothing. And then I start to breathe really hard trying to see something, but I can't. It doesn't happen all the time, but when it does, it scares me. ~ Stephen Chbosky

I was suddenly very aware of the fact it was me standing up in that tunnel with the wind over my face. Not caring if I saw downtown. Not even thinking about it. Because I was standing in the tunnel. And I was really there. And that was enough to make me feel infinite. ~ Stephen Chbosky

There is this one photograph ... that is just beautiful. it would be impossible to describe how beautiful it is, but i'll try. if you listen to the song "asleep," and you think about those pretty weather days that make you remember things, and you think about the prettiest eyes you've known, and you cry and the person holds you back, then i think you will see the photograph. ~ Stephen Chbosky

My mom usually helps her aunt prepare the food, which my grandfather always says is "too dry" even if it's soup. And her aunt will then cry and lock herself in the bathroom. ~ Stephen Chbosky

What's the point of using words nobody knows or can say comfortably? ~ Stephen Chbosky

To tell you the truth I love Sam. It's not a movie kind of love either. I just look at her sometimes and I think she is the prettiest and nicest person in the whole world. ~ Stephen Chbosky

Maybe it's good to put things in perspective, but sometimes, I think that the only perspective is to really be there. ~ Stephen Chbosky

I wonder what my speech would be. ~ Stephen Chbosky

He's a wallflower. ~ Stephen Chbosky

The two families really don't like each other, except for all us younger cousins because we don't know any better. ~ Stephen Chbosky

Patrick actually used to be popular before Sam bought him some good music. ~ Stephen Chbosky

I thought if I didnt take a break, I would do something even worse. Like yell or hang up the phone. ~ Stephen Chbosky

I try to remind myself when I feel great like this that there will be another terrible week coming someday. ~ Stephen Chbosky

Despite everything my mom and doctor and dad have said to me about blame, I can't stop thinking what I know. And I know that my aunt Helen would still be alive today if she just bought me one present like everybody else. She would be alive if I were born on a day that didn't snow. ~ Stephen Chbosky

Everyone is special in their own way. ~ Stephen Chbosky

And I made Aunt Helen a promise to only cry about important things because I would hate to think that crying as much as I do would make crying for Aunt Helen less than it is. ~ Stephen Chbosky

Sometimes, I think Bill forgets that I am sixteen. But I am very happy that he does. ~ Stephen Chbosky

I just reminded myself that she didn't say it mean. She wasn't making fun of me. She wasn't comparing. Or criticizing. ~ Stephen Chbosky

I hope it's the kind of second side that he can listen to whenever he drives alone and feel like he belongs to something whenever he's sad. ~ Stephen Chbosky

I feel infinite. ~ Stephen Chbosky

You can't just sit their and put everybody's lives ahead of yours and think that counts as love. You just can't. ~ Stephen Chbosky

My mom was so upset that she took me shopping for new clothes. ~ Stephen Chbosky

I just need to know that someone out there listens and understands and doesn't try to sleep with someone even if they could have. I need to know these people exist. ~ Stephen Chbosky

Especially since I know that if they went to another school, the person who had their heart broken would have had their heart broken by somebody else, so why does it have to be so personal? ~ Stephen Chbosky

I am very interested and fascinated how everyone loves each other, but no one really likes each other. ~ Stephen Chbosky

My Aunt Helen was my favorite person in the whole world. She was my mom's sister. She got straight A's when she was a teenager and she used to give me books to read. My father said that the books were a little too old for me, but I liked them so he just shrugged and let me read. ~ Stephen Chbosky

The nerds and the squids were one. ~ Stephen Chbosky

It's like when you are excited about a girl and you see a couple holding hands, and you feel so happy for them. And other times you see the same couple, and they make you so mad. And all you want is to always feel happy for them because you know that if you do, then it means that you're happy, too. ~ Stephen Chbosky

Girls are weird, and I don't mean that offensively. I just can't put it any other way. ~ Stephen Chbosky

It is now my favorite book of all time, but then again, I always think that until I read another book. My ~ Stephen Chbosky

The perfect song on the perfect drive to make you feel infinite. ~ Stephen Chbosky

It's like if I blamed my Aunt Helen, I would have to blame her dad for hitting her, and the friend of the family that fooled around with her when she was little. And the person that fooled around with him. And God for not stopping this and things that much worse. And I did do that for a while, but then I just couldn't anymore. Because it wasn't going anywhere. Because it wasn't the point. ~ Stephen Chbosky

You know ... a lot of kids at school hate their parents. Some of them got hit. And some of them got caught in the middle of wrong lives. Some of them were trophies for their parents to show the neighbors like ribbons or gold stars. And some of them just wanted to drink in peace. ~ Stephen Chbosky

It's strange the times people choose to be generous. ~ Stephen Chbosky

I have decided that maybe I want to write when I grow up. I just don't know what I would write. ~ Stephen Chbosky

And I never felt that good in my life. But I also felt bad because I saw her naked without her permission. ~ Stephen Chbosky

This was a different kind of crying ~ Stephen Chbosky