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Anyway, they took her body to McBurney's Funeral Home in Motley. They'll be planting her tomorrow.

No 'buts', Gilbert. You just make sense to me. It's nothing more special than that.

I've wanted to direct for a long time, but it had to be a story I wanted to tell. The writer's job is to find the story that he should tell.

I can't stop terrorism; I can't cure cancer. But I can put some stories out there in their own quiet way that talk about tolerance.

These eggs are broken. Cracked."
"Yes, ma'am. That happens sometimes."
"Does it?"
"Yes, it's the unfortunate part of being an egg.

There is nothing more depressing than toast that no one eats.

The better the script, the less money there is. That's just the economics of the studio system.

The bigger the budget, the less an audience is trusted, and that's the difference between a big-budget film and a small-budget film.

Bettering your life, getting a fresh start, the bright side. Spout these concepts daily and you will survive in Endora; you might even thrive.

He loves to hide, but only if you take the time to find him. And while I suspect that's true for most people, only a retard or a kid would admit it.

Smiles and friendly nods are like fabric softeners for the face.

I have seen God and he is this girl.

I spent so many years trying to become an actor, trying to be a person that I wasn't.

I could go at any time now.

How can you kill a man who'd already been dead for years?

I never want to regret. 'Regret' is the ugliest word.

I can go at any time now. " -Arnie tells Becky

A bad dream. You were having a bad dream." "Oh", I say. "Is that what I'm having?

I feel like there's a certain kind of laughter missing in the world.

Wait a minute, I'm thinking, was this another one of those conversations where what is meant and what is being said are not the same thing?

I don't want to write my life. I live my life. I want to make up a new world.

Yeah, some days you die.

Describing Endora is like dancing to no music. It's a town where nothing much ever happens, and nothing much ever will.

Who's calling?"
"Don't insult me like that," the voice says.
I stop. Was I just insulting?

Gilbert?
Some days I hate all those who know my name.

I want to write stories that don't help you escape life, but embrace life.

People love conversation, and movies are conversations, and an audience has to participate; it has to fill in some blanks.

I was seven when he hung himself, and I don't remember all that much, and anything I did remember, I've managed to forget.

God forgives you your sins."
I say right back, "And I forgive him his.

My job as a dramatist is to find out where these characters want to go, and make it as hard as possible for them to get there.

I want to make accessible movies for bright people, but I don't want to play games and be coy.

He sees me through the glass. We both nod like we give a small shit about each other.

I don't know anything about directing, but if you love actors, know your story and hire a great company, then anyone can direct a film.

Some people have to live while others get to sit this living thing out.

A man who works all day, every day and loves each apple he uncrates, who cherishes each can of soup - a man like that surely puts us all to shame.

I learned early on that there are all sorts of stories I have no place telling.

Love is not a feeling. It's an ability.

She loves me-she just doesn't know it yet.

You can tell the idyllic nature of a family by the upkeep of its picnic table. Ours is its own indictment. We are splintering and peeling. We rot.

I was fine till the finger, I say to myself, as I shift to reverse. You don't flip off Gilbert Grape. Let that be known.

I think it's a fantastic thing to be alive.