Seriously, that's straight out of any 14 - 16 year old's selfish "Oh poor me, I'll show the world!" wicked angsty fantasy.
You don't have to be crazy to "get" him; you have to be some angsty high school kid who's against the world, or someone who was never able to shake that childish attitude. He wasn't deep, he wasn't particularly intelligent, he was "interesting" at best. Great? Please.