John Hughes Quotes

I didn't have this tortured childhood; I liked it.

We're all pretty bizarre. Some of us are just better at hiding it, that's all.

I don't think of kids as a lower form of the human species.

I'd rather make music if I had the talent.

What a director should be doing is making it appear as though there was no script.

My early prose style - this is so embarrassing - was sort of a suburban, Presbyterian knockoff of Woody Allen.

I find that screen kissing wears very thin very quickly.

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

I used to judge the quality of music by whether I could make a 90-minute cassette and not repeat any artists.

I don't consider myself qualified to do a movie about international intrigue - I seldom leave the country.

I was obsessed with romance. When I was in high school, I saw 'Doctor Zhivago' every day from the day it opened until the day it left the theater.

When I did 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off', I had the idea on Monday and the following Tuesday it was in budget at Paramount. I couldn't walk.

I stumbled into this business, I didn't train for it. I yelled 'Action!' on my first two movies before the camera was turned on.

A geek is a guy who has everything going for him but he's just too young. He's got the software but he doesn't have the hardware yet.

It's been about ten years since I've worked with actors who knew their lines!

You don't spell it, son. You eat it.

I'm from Chicago, I live in Chicago and I wanted very much for the music in Chicago to succeed.

I usually listen to surf music, not much instrumental music, and when I was younger I listened to jazz.

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.

Why watch someone kissing when people really close their eyes when they kiss?

People forget that when you're 16, you're probably more serious than you'll ever be again. You think seriously about the big questions.

If I'm on a roll, and I finish a script at 3:00, I'll start another at 3:02.

A man's tie should never be louder than his wife.

Those who say 'you only live once' have never read a book.

The only reason I got into movies was because I had no music talent.

All I care about in this goddamn life are me, my drums, and you.

A nerd will be a nerd all his life.

I don't think I'm making any great statements, and I certainly don't think I'm making art.

The hardest thing about being a writer is convincing your wife that lying on the sofa is work.