John Hughes

A nerd will be a nerd all his life.

I don't want to be too cool. You get so caught up with whether you're doing it right.

When I go to a concert, I can't believe that people pay lots of money to see a band that they obviously like and then they dance the whole time.

Confession is good for the soul only in the sense that a tweed coat is good for dandruff - it is a palliative rather than a remedy.

I used to have nightmares when I was a little kid that I woke up prematurely and opened all the Christmas presents. And then I would be so relieved when I woke up and I realized that I hadn't done it.

It took me realizing that a broken heart has never actually killed anyone to find the courage to ask for what I want, in just about every situation. That was part of my own growing up.