Quotes by John Hughes

“I always preferred to hang out with the outcasts, cause they were cooler; they had better taste in music, for one thing, I guess because they had more time to develop one with the lack of social interaction they had!”

“My heroes were Dylan, John Lennon and Picasso, because they each moved their particular medium forward, and when they got to the point where they were comfortable, they always moved on.”

“Most of my characters are romantic rather than sexual. I think thats an essential difference in my pictures. I think they are more accurate in portraying young people as romantic - as wanting a relationship, an understanding with a member of the opposite sex more than just physical sex.”

“At the time I came along, Hollywoods idea of teen movies meant there had to be a lot of nudity, usually involving boys in pursuit of sex, and pretty gross overall. Either that or a horror movie. And the last thing Hollywood wanted in their teen movies was teenagers!”

“The young actors get hit harder because of their age. Because Rat Pack - which Brat Pack is clearly a parody of - was not negative. Brat Pack is. It suggests unruly, arrogant young people, and that description isnt true of these people.”

“I like young actors because theyre so unspoiled, not like some of those actors who are about half an hour into their fifteen minutes of fame by the time they get to me.”

“I was really amused when someone once called me a purveyor of horny sex comedies. He listed Breakfast Club and Mr. Mom in parentheses.”

“I admire people like Judd Nelson, who have an innate sense of fashion. Judd could wear a bathrobe and sanitarium sandals and a fedora and look good.”

“You know those sexy pinup posters people put up in their bedrooms? I always saw them as being kind of silly and vacant.”

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

Many filmmakers portray teenagers as immoral and ignorant, with pursuits that are pretty base... But I havent found that to be the case. I listen to kids. I respect them... Some of them are as bright as any of the adults Ive met.

When I approach a band, I want to respect them and be respectful of their music. Im not gonna say, Look, you guys are real hot, so well stick you in the movie, and well get it in all these stores and all these stations. That isnt right.

I always preferred to hang out with the outcasts, cause they were cooler; they had better taste in music, for one thing, I guess because they had more time to develop one with the lack of social interaction they had!

Fantastic! Right in the middle of that long stretch between Christmas and Spring Break, your coats are getting dirty, everythings dark, dingy - what a great time for a movie!

At the time I came along, Hollywoods idea of teen movies meant there had to be a lot of nudity, usually involving boys in pursuit of sex, and pretty gross overall. Either that or a horror movie. And the last thing Hollywood wanted in their teen movies was teenagers!

Its like being at the kids table at Thanksgiving - you can put your elbows on it, you dont have to talk politics... no matter how old I get, theres always a part of me thats sitting there.

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.

I so desperately hate to end these movies that the first thing I do when Im done is write another one. Then I dont feel sad about having to leave and everybody going away.

I so desperately hate to end these movies that the first thing I do when Im done is write another one. Then I dont feel sad about having to leave and everybody going away. Thats why I tend to work with the same people I really befriend them.