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I want to be an author/director and I'm writing my second book now and I want to make a movie of it, and I hope I get to do this for the rest of my life.

Stephen Chbosky

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Stephen Chbosky
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: January 25
Film Director
Film Producer
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Writing
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Life
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She wasn't bitter. She was sad, though. But it was a hopeful kind of sad. The kind of sad that just takes time.
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The truth is, when it gets really quiet, when the silence gets too loud, i really start to miss everyone.
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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.
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That was always my hope that that is exactly what I would do. It was always part of the dream of this story - to write the novel and then direct the movie.
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Girls are weird, and I don't mean that offensively. I just can't put it any other way.
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He's a wallflower. You see things. You keep quiet about them. And you understand.
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On Friday night, I was reading my new book, but my brain got tired, so I decided to watch some television instead.
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I didn't know that other people thought things about me. I didn't know that they looked.
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I just want you to know that you’re very special… and the only reason I’m telling you is that I don’t know if anyone else ever has.
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