"This was all an excuse, I think. I was doing fine. (…) I had good friends and a loving family. And because I needed to be the center of attention, because I needed something more, I ended up here, wallowing in myself, trying to convince everybody around me that I have some kind of…disease.
I don’t have any disease. I keep pacing. Depression isn’t a disease. It’s a pretext for being a prima donna. Everybody knows that."
— It’s Kind of a Funny Story - Ned Vizzini
"Why hide what you’ve been through?"
— It’s Kind of a Funny Story - Ned Vizzini
"I work, Monica, and I think about work, and I freak out about work, and I think about how much I think about work, and I freak out about how much I think how much I think about work, and I think about how freaked out I get about how much I think about how much I think about work…Does that count as a hobby?"
— It’s Kind of a Funny Story - Ned Vizzini
"So why am I depressed? That’s the million dollar question, baby, the Tootsie Roll question; not even the owl knows the answer to that one. I don’t know either. All I know is the chronology."
— It’s Kind of a Funny Story - Ned Vizzini
"My family shouldn’t have to put up with me."
— It’s Kind of a Funny Story - Ned Vizzini
"I’m going to go home and freak out. I’m going to sit with my family and try not to talk about myself and what’s wrong. I’m going to try and eat. Then I’m going to try and sleep. I dread it. I can’t eat and I can’t sleep. I’m not going well in terms of being a functional human, you know?"
— It’s Kind of a Funny Story - Ned Vizzini
"And I always look like I’m about to cry.
I put on the hot water and splash it at my face to feel something. In a few seconds I’m going to have to go back and face the crowd. But I can sit in the dark on the toilet a little more, can’t I? I always manage to make a trip to the bathroom take five minutes."
— It’s Kind of a Funny Story - Ned Vizzini
"I had always thought alcohol was a ruse. That is, adults are never actually drunk; they just use liquor as an excuse to bump into things, have sex, and do whatever else pleases them. I assumed I’d have to put on a big show for Owen, acting stereotypically drunk. I didn’t expect the beer to have any real effect on me."
— Teen Angst? Naah… - Ned Vizzini
"There must have been a moment where I kissed the big schools good-bye — a split second spent watching late-night television, instead of studying, that pushed me into rejection territory. Who knows when it was? I’d like to think I spent it doing something fun."
— Teen Angst? Naah… - Ned Vizzini
"I did love her. Maybe I loved her because she loved me, which isn’t the best reason, but I did love her, and in the ensuing months we spent almost every day together, and when it wasn’t horrible, it was really, really good."
— Teen Angst? Naah… - Ned Vizzini
