Latest Stephen Chbosky Quotes from Interviews

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• I've never understood the need people have to dictate morality to other people. I really don't know what it is. I don't know if it's fear or the belief that they know the only right way. Or maybe they see a lot of social ills and social decline, and they really think they have the elixir for it.

  Stephen Chbosky

  Thinking, People, Needs

• Part of the reason I wrote the book was I wanted to understand for myself why such good people let themselves get treated so badly.

  Stephen Chbosky

  Book, People, Reason

  "INTERVIEW – Stephen Chbosky brings ‘Perks of Being a Wallflower’ to moviegoers". Interview with Brent Hankins, nerdrepository.com. September 27, 2012.

• Writing a novel is a lot like directing a movie because you are creating a world and a tone, you are creating a large canvas and all the details.

  Stephen Chbosky

  Writing, Creating, Details

  Interview with Helen Earnshaw, www.femalefirst.co.uk. February 12, 2013.

• 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.

  Stephen Chbosky

  Dream, Writing, Stories

  Interview with Helen Earnshaw, www.femalefirst.co.uk. February 12, 2013.

• You get the right collection of people together and you get the atmosphere together that it is very free where there is no judgment. If you create an atmosphere that is very open you steer the ship.

  Stephen Chbosky

  People, Atmosphere, Together

  "Interview with Writer and Director Stephen Chbosky “The Perks of Being a Wallflower". Interview with Sarah Knight Adamson, www.sarahsbackstagepass.com. August 27, 2012.

• If the advice is simply to respect yourself and follow the path that you want to follow, that would be the best advice I could ever pass on.

  Stephen Chbosky

  Advice, Would Be, Want

  "Interview with Stephen Chbosky, Writer/Director of "The Perks of Being a Wallflower". Interview with Lisa Minzey, www.phoenixfilmfestival.com. September 27, 2012.

• Writing screenplays is incredibly hard. I can't call it joy. Writing Novels? Joy. Directing? Joy. Writing Screenplays? That's where you pay all your dues.

  Stephen Chbosky

  Writing, Joy, Pay

  Interview with Lisa Minzey, www.phoenixfilmfestival.com. September 27, 2012.

• The most beautiful surprise is that you have these moments where you connect with people on a deep level without saying a word. It's one of those wonderful things that you get what you give, and I'm grateful for it.

  Stephen Chbosky

  Beautiful, Grateful, People

  "Interview with Stephen Chbosky, Writer/Director of "The Perks of Being a Wallflower". Interview with Lisa Minzey, www.phoenixfilmfestival.com. September 27, 2012.