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Ned Vizzini Biography

Ned Vizzini (born Edison Price Vizzini, April 4, 1981 – December 19, 2013) was an American writer. He was the author of four books for young adults including It's Kind of a Funny Story, which NPR named #56 of the "100 Best-Ever Teen Novels" and which is the basis of the film of the same name.

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So now live for real, Craig. Live. Live. Live. Live.

Craig, Live, Real

Life is not cured, Mr. Gilner. " Dr. Mahmoud leans in. "Life is managed.

Drs, Gilner, Leans, Life, Life Is, Mahmoud

People don't make good Anchors, though, Craig. They change.

Anchors, Good, Make, People

I should be a success and I'm not and other people- younger people- are. Younger people than me are on TV and getting their lives in order. I'm still a nobody. When am I going to not be a nobody?

Nobody, Order, People, Tvs, Younger

I want my brain to slide back into the slot it was meant to be in, rest there the way it did before the fall of last year, back when I was young, witty, and my teachers said I had incredible promise.

Brain, Fall, Incredible, Teacher, Way, Witty

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 then you have to pull off some fancy moves, and you have to stay concentrated, and you have to stick something in something, right?

Locks, Moving, Right, Sex, Slow

I like how you don't hide your problems like everyone else, and I don't have to hide mine when I'm around you.

Everyone, Funny Story, Like, Mines, Problem, Problems

They always said on TV you could do anything you wanted, but here I was trying to do something and it wasn't working. I would never be able to do it.

Able, Said, Trying, Tvs, Working

Sometimes I wish I had an easy answer for why I'm depressed.

Answer, Answers, Easy, Sometimes, Wish

The absolute worst part of being depressed is the food. A person's relationship with food is one of their most important relationships. I don't think your relationship with your parents is that important. Some people never know their parents. I don't think your relationship with your friends are important. But your relationship with air-that's key. You can't break up with air. You're kind of stuck together. Only slightly less crucial is water. And then food. You can't be dropping food to hang with someone else. You need to strike up an agreement with it.

Depression, Important Relationships, Part, Slightly, Thinking, Water

I'm smart but not enough--just smart enough to have problems.

Enough, Problem, Problems, Smart

I'm going to be here until I'm cured?" "Life is not cured, Mr. Gilner. Life is managed".

Cured, Gilner, Life, Life Is, Managed

That's the number one thing I hear about humans. You have all these choices, so you're confused all the time, and you think so much that you're never happy.

Choices, Confused, Number, Numbers, Thinking

If you can't get out of bed for long enough, people come and take your bed away

Away, Bed, Come, Enough, Long, People

I'm done with those; regrets are an excuse for people who have failed.

Done, Failure, People, Regret, Regrets

She doesn't want to end up like me. At least I'm giving someone an example not to follow.

Example, Giving, Like, Want

Sometimes I just think depression's one way of coping with the world. Like, some people get drunk, some people do drugs, some people get depressed. Because there's so much stuff out there that you have to do something to deal with it.

Depressed, Drugs, Drunk, Like, People, Thinking

Nobody had told me I was common.

Common, Nobody, Told

Yes, Doctor. I'll do what you say. I'll do what you all say.

Doctor, Doctors, Say, Yes

Do you even know who the enemy is?" "I think. . . it's me".

Enemy, Know, Knows, Think, Thinking

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