I'm a little older and I'm gonna do a bunch more movies and then they're gonna put me in a home for old directors.

You go to a theater now and you literally see parents watching the movie and they suddenly cover their kid's ears. I figured I'd make one movie where they didn't have to do this.

There's no better satisfaction than writing. I feel that writing is the best and everything else comes with it

[The movie Beaches] was really about how women fight. Women fight, say terrible things to each other and an hour later they make up and go shopping. I think they got the better idea of how it should be done.

It's always helpful to learn from your mistakes because then your mistakes seem worthwhile.

We can't compete with Mel Gibson, but we figured we could do our part.

Learn to work with people you wouldn't go to lunch with.