54 Powerful Stephen Chbosky Quotes

Stephen Chbosky Quotes – One of the most famous and successful novels, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, was written by Stephen Chbosky. In this novel, Stephen Chbosky writes about his own experiences.

He also works as a director and producer. Stephen Chbosky writes many quotes in which he motivates people. By reading these quotes, you will find yourself very special. His quotes will make you realize the value and importance of relations in life.

If you want to get motivation for yourself and want confidence, then his quotes are best for you. According to him, every person is unique in their way, and you need to remain as you are. He reveals the most significant reality of life.

Here are some famous quotes from Stephen Chbosky that teach you how to live life and better know yourself.

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2- “If you care about somebody, you should want them to be happy. Even if you wind up being left out.” Stephen Chbosky

3- “It’s strange because sometimes, I read a book, and I think I am the people in the book.”— Stephen Chbosky

4- “We didn’t talk about anything heavy or light. We were just there together. And that was enough.”— Stephen Chbosky

5- “And it was the kind of kiss that I could never tell my friends about out loud. It was the kind of kiss that made me know that I was never so happy in my whole life.”— Stephen Chbosky

6- “I’m going to do what I want to do. I’m going to be who I really am. And I’m going to figure out what that is.”— Stephen Chbosky

7- “I was very grateful to have heard it again. Because I guess we all forget sometimes. And I think everyone is special in their own way. I really do.”— Stephen Chbosky

8- “Old pictures look really rugged and young, and the people in the photographs always seem happier than you are.”— Stephen Chbosky.

9- “I am very interested and fascinated how everyone loves each other, but no one really likes each other.”— Stephen Chbosky

10- “And I wonder if anyone is really happy. I hope they are. I really hope they are.”— Stephen Chbosky

11- “You see things. You keep quiet about them. And you understand.” — Stephen Chbosky

12- “Enjoy it. Because it’s happening.”— Stephen Chbosky

13- “Something is really wrong with me. And I don’t know what it is.” — Stephen Chbosky

14- “Things change. And friends leave. Life doesn’t stop for anybody.” — Stephen Chbosky

15- “I’m so sorry that I wasted your time because you really do mean a lot to me and I hope you have a very nice life because I really think you deserve it. I really do. I hope you do, too. Okay, then. Goodbye.” — Stephen Chbosky

16- “Courage. Kindness. Friendship. Character. These are the qualities that define us as human beings, and propel us, on occasion, to greatness.”— Stephen Chbosky

17- “So, this is my life. And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad and I’m still trying to figure out how that could be.” — Stephen Chbosky

18-“Sometimes, I look at my parents now and wonder what happened to make them the way they are.”— Stephen Chbosky

19- “But even if we don’t have the power to choose where we come from we can still choose where we go from there. We can still do things.” — Stephen Chbosky

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21- “And even if somebody else has it much worse, that doesn’t really change the fact that you have what you have. Good and bad.” — Stephen Chbosky

22-“‘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

23- “I just don’t want you to worry about me, or think that you’ve met me, or waste your time anymore.”— Stephen Chbosky

24- “I don’t know if you’ve ever felt like that. That you wanted to sleep for a thousand years. Or just not exist. Or just not be aware that you do exist. Or something like that.” — Stephen Chbosky,

25- “Why do I, and everyone I love, pick people who treat us like we’re nothing?”— Stephen Chbosky

26- “As much as I feel sad, I think that not knowing is what really bothers me.”— Stephen Chbosky

27- “Sam and Patrick looked at me. And I looked at them. And I think they knew. Not anything specific really. They just knew. And I think that’s all you can ever ask from a friend.”— Stephen Chbosky

28- “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.” — Stephen Chbosky

29- “I don’t even remember the season. I just remember walking between them and feeling for the first time that I belonged somewhere.” — Stephen Chbosky

30- “It’s much easier to not know things sometimes. Things change and friends leave. And life doesn’t stop for anybody.”— Stephen Chbosky

31- “So, this is my life. And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad and I’m still trying to figure out how that could be.”— Stephen Chbosky

32- “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

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34- “Just tell me how to be different in a way that makes sense.” — Stephen Chbosky

35- “If somebody likes me, I want them to like the real me, not what they think I am. And I don’t want them to carry it around inside. I want them to show me, so I can feel it, too. I want them to be able to do whatever they want around me.” — Stephen Chbosky

36- “It’s like when you’re 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 feel happy for them because you know that if you do, then it means you’re happy, too.” — Stephen Chbosky

37-“We accept the love we think we deserve.”— Stephen Chbosky

38- “Learning who you are is what you’re here to do.”— Stephen Chbosky

39- “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 need the arms or something like that? You can’t just sit there and put everybody’s lives ahead of yours and think that counts as love. You just can’t. You have to do things.”—Stephen Chbosky

40- “If you are in a movie theater, you can look two people down and they are laughing while you are laughing or you can look three people down and they love that song that you love. It is living proof that you are not alone.”– Stephen Chbosky

41- “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

42-“As people get older, we all know, you get married and you have a child and that becomes your family, but when you’re 16 years old, especially, your family is your friends.” – Stephen Chbosky

43- “Well, I think that part of being young is not exactly knowing why you do some of the things that you do. And it’s by exploring your life or experimenting or making mistakes and learning from them hopefully that you start to forge an identity.”– Stephen Chbosky

44- “When you think back to your first kiss, your hair is perfect and she was wearing a cool outfit. We remember it with restraint and we remember it with style. We remember it as idealistically as you can think. “-Stephen Chbosky

45- “As we all know, when you’re an athlete things are a little bit easier for you. It didn’t mean that what was going on inside my heart wasn’t a bit of a thunderstorm, but outwardly I got along ok. I was really shy in seventh grade.”– Stephen Chbosky

46- “‘Rent’ was wonderful in that I was able to adapt something that was beloved to fans, something that was very iconic, but something I had nothing to do with the creation of, so I was very removed. ‘Perks’ is different because it was my book.”– Stephen Chbosky

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48- “If the right thing came along, I would absolutely direct something I did not write because I love the process so much, but we’ll see. I’m taking it day by day.”– Stephen Chbosky

49- “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

50- “I found, through the process of doing ‘The Perks of Being a Wallflower,’ that I really love directing movies and I love writing books and so this will become the centerpiece of my career for the next ten or twenty years. Doing these adaptations.”– Stephen Chbosky

51- “Those writers that have zero say in their movie adaptations have zero say because they sell it. If you don’t sell it, and you do it yourself, and you wait until the screenplay is ready, you don’t have to worry about that.”– Stephen Chbosky

52- “When I did a study of all the coming-of-age movies that meant a lot to me, whether it was ‘The Graduate’ or ‘Rebel Without a Cause’ or ‘Dead Poet’s Society,’ they all had that timeless feel. None of them were completely married to the details of their age. They felt timeless in their treatment of it. That’s what made them resonate with me.”– Stephen Chbosky

53-“I’m caught between trying to live my life, and trying to run from it.”— Stephen Chbosky

54- “So, this is my life. And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad and I’m still trying to figure out how that could be.” — Stephen Chbosky

 

Most people in the world are not very confident in their life. They find themselves useless and of no importance. Every person in this world is extraordinary, but they don’t know about their specialty.

Stephen Chbosky’s quotes help people find themself and see themselves as unique personalities. If someone wants to spread love, it is necessary first to love yourself.

He helps people find a human in themself that is full of humanity who loves to spread care all around. He teaches everyone that all the desired things are not with you most of the time, but the hope is present in every situation.

You need to have faith in yourself and believe that everything will be fine soon. He emphasizes that happiness and sadness are the two different sides of life, and we all have to face these; now, it is up to us how to overcome sadness.