'Rent' was a special project for me. It was my first notable screenplay job. I worked with two wonderful directors on it,… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
More like the movie where the guy meets a smart girl who wears a lot of sweaters and drinks cocoa. They talk… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
“Then the movie started. It was in a foreign language and had subtitles, which was fun because I had never read a… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
Those writers that have zero say in their movie adaptations have zero say because they sell it. If you don't sell it,… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
Writing a novel is a lot like directing a movie because you are creating a world and a tone, you are creating… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
I want to be an author/director and I'm writing my second book now and I want to make a movie of it,… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
That was always my hope that that is exactly what I would do. It was always part of the dream of this… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
“It was like when you see a movie in the theater during the day, and when you leave the movie, you can't… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
'Rent' was wonderful in that I was able to adapt something that was beloved to fans, something that was very iconic, but… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
I found, through the process of doing 'The Perks of Being a Wallflower,' that I really love directing movies and I love… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
Personally, I like to think my brother is having a college experience like they do in the movies. I don't mean the… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
I would make the movie industry more like the television industry. TV is more material driven. In TV, you can break new… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
Writing screenplays is incredibly hard. I can't call it joy. Writing Novels? Joy. Directing? Joy. Writing Screenplays? That's where you pay all… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
The movie itself was very interesting, but I didn't think it was very good because I didn't really feel different when it… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
Sam dropped me off. When she was too far away to see me, I started to cry again. Because she was my friend again.… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share
“It's great that you can listen and be a shoulder to someone, but what about when someone doesn't need a shoulder. What if they… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share
Most of the people I know who were raised to be accommodating or were raised to just be nice and put everybody's needs ahead… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share
I don’t want to start thinking again. Not like I have this last week. I can’t think again. Not ever again. — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share
“And then Patrick started running after the sunset. And Sam immediately followed him. And I saw them in silhouette. Running after the sun. Then,… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share
That was always my hope that that is exactly what I would do. It was always part of the dream of this story -… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share
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… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share
“I'm sorry I bothered you, Susan. I'm just having a tough time. That's all. Have a good one," I said and walked away.” — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share
When we were all getting ready to leave, I walked up to my grandfather and gave him a hug and kiss on the cheek.… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share
It's like he would take a photograph of Sam, and the photograph would be beautiful. And he would think that the reason the photograph… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share
Five minutes of a lifetime were truly spent, and we felt young in a good way. — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share
I feel like a big faker because I've been putting my life back together, and nobody knows. — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share
“So, this is my life. And I want you to know I am both happy and sad and I'm still trying to figure out… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share
If you care about somebody, you should want them to be happy. Even if you wind up being left out. — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share
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… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share
