Quotes by Rob Reiner

“Everybody talks about wanting to change things and help and fix, but ultimately all you can do is fix yourself. And thats a lot. Because if you can fix yourself, it has a ripple effect.”

“I like writing because you can make things happen and turn out the way they never do in real life.”

“People can be ignorant and still have loving, human qualities.”

“I know how sobering and exhausting parenthood is. But the reality is that our childrens future depends on us as parents. Because we know that the first years truly last forever.”

“The problem we have right now in Washington is we dont have the face of a leader.”

“Every single person in jail for a violent crime had a nightmare childhood.”

“Something is wrong here, and its more than easy access to guns or violence on TV. Its about lack of love and attachment to loving people early in life.”

“Its a very slow process - two steps forward, one step back - but Im inching in the right direction.”

“[Jack] Nicholson is an actor and loves to act.”

“I think Jews are the smartest people in the world.”

“Only three things in life are certain birth, death and change”

“If you want to truly understand something, try to change it.”

Ultimately all you can do is fix yourself. And thats a lot. Because if you can fix yourself, it has a ripple effect

When I read Stand By Me, it was like, This is a look back at the same time period when I was growing up, and it was about kids, but it really felt like what it was like to have those powerful feelings of friendship at age 12. Thats what got to me.

Everybody talks about wanting to change things and help and fix, but ultimately all you can do is fix yourself. And thats a lot. Because if you can fix yourself, it has a ripple effect.

I know how sobering and exhausting parenthood is. But the reality is that our childrens future depends on us as parents. Because we know that the first years truly last forever.