I just wish that God or my parents or Sam or my sister or someone would just tell me what's wrong with… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
“It was just something that made everyone look around at each other and know that they were there. Sam and Patrick looked… — Stephen Chbosky Friendship Copy Share Image
“I mean it's not like in the movies where girls like assholes or anything like that. It's not that easy. They just… — Stephen Chbosky Girls Copy Share Image
I'm not saying she was lying to me, but she just acted so different before I got to know her, and if… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
If you are in a movie theater, you can look two people down and they are laughing while you are laughing or… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
Then, I turned around and walked to my room and closed my door and put my head under my pillow and let… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
You get the right collection of people together and you get the atmosphere together that it is very free where there is… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
I wasn't raised very religiously because my parents went to Catholic school, but I do believe in God very much. I just… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
It's like he would take a photograph of Sam, and the photograph would be beautiful. And he would think that the reason… — Stephen Chbosky Beautiful Copy Share Image
When I was done reading the poem, everyone was quiet. A very sad quiet. But the amazing thing was that it wasn’t… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
“I want Sam to stop liking Craig. Now I guess maybe you think that’s because I am jealous of him. I’m not.… — Stephen Chbosky Bad guy Copy Share Image
“Next was Alice. I gave her a book by Anne Rice because she is always talking about her. And she looked at… — Stephen Chbosky Books Copy Share Image
When I was driving home, I just thought about the word 'special'. And I thought the last person who said that about… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
It's too bad you're not gay. Then again, if you were gay, I would never date you. You're a mess." You know,… — Stephen Chbosky Gay Copy Share Image
I think on my next birthday, I'm going to buy her a present. I think that should be the tradition. The kid… — Stephen Chbosky Being nice 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
“So, I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
I don't know what I'm supposed to do now. I know other people have it a lot worse. I do know that,… — 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
“I hate you" "No, you don't." My dad can be very calm sometimes. "He's my hole world" "Don't ever say that about… — Stephen Chbosky Calm Copy Share Image
All I could do is lie there and think about how much her voice changed when she asked me if she was… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
“And then Patrick started running after the sunset. And Sam immediately followed him. And I saw them in silhouette. Running after the… — Stephen Chbosky Sun Copy Share Image
“Maybe it's good to put things in perspective, but sometimes, I think that the only perspective is to really be there. Like… — Stephen Chbosky Perspective Copy Share Image
“It's kind of like when you look at yourself in the mirror and you say your name. And it gets to a… — Stephen Chbosky Mirror Copy Share Image
“I don't remember where we were walking to or where we were walking from. I don't even remember the season. I just… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
on that piece of white paper, sam wrote, "write about me sometime." and i typed something back to her, standing right there… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
I’m so sorry that I wasted your time because you really do mean a lot to me and I hope you have… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
“No recuerdo a dónde íbamos o de dónde veníamos, incluso no recuerdo la temporada, sólo recuerdo caminar en medio de los dos… — Stephen Chbosky Amor Copy Share Image
But at one point, Craig was talking about something, and Sam turned to me and smiled. It was a movie smile in… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
“I asked Patrick if he felt sad that he had to keep it a secret, and Patrick just said that he wasn't… — Stephen Chbosky Empathy Copy Share Image
“He even let me smoke a cigarette in his office, but he urged me to quit smoking because of the health risks.… — Stephen Chbosky Cigarette Copy Share Image
As people get older, we all know, you get married and you have a child and that becomes your family, but when… — Stephen Chbosky Children Copy Share Image
“And I thought that all those little kids are going to grow up someday. And all of those little kids are going… — Stephen Chbosky Humor Copy Share Image
“I wold describe it to you, but I think it's the kind of thing where you have to be there or at… — Stephen Chbosky Dance Copy Share Image
Bridget who is crazy said that sometimes she thought about suicide when commercials come on during TV. She was sincere and this… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
The gift from my Secret Santa wasn't anything special. That makes me sad. I bet you anything that Mary Elizabeth is my… — Stephen Chbosky Gift Copy Share Image
Well, I think that part of being young is not exactly knowing why you do some of the things that you do.… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
The most beautiful surprise is that you have these moments where you connect with people on a deep level without saying a… — Stephen Chbosky Beautiful Copy Share Image