“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.”

American film director, screenwriter, and author

Stephen Chbosky is an American film director, screenwriter, and author. He is best known for the bestselling coming-of-age novel The Perks of Being a Wallflower, published in 1999, and for writing and directing its 2012 film adaptation. He later directed Wonder in 2017 and the film adaptation of Dear Evan Hansen in 2021. In 2019, he published his first psychological horror novel, Imaginary Friend.