"Sixth grade was a big time, in my childhood, of hoops and friendship, and coming up with funny things."

"This character feels so much like my brother. He has two children. He has a wife. He works with me. He chooses to stay in New Hampshire because he wants his kids to grow up in the school they started with. He doesn't want them to lose friends. He is his family's hero."

"Kids end up seeing my movies anyway but some of the mothers get mad at me so I figured I'd make one that I can't get yelled at for."

"My movies just kind of sneak up on you. I don't have to worry too much about what everybody is going to say. Anyway, I really don't pay attention to what the world says about my movies. I just care about what my buddies think."

"Depression is when you have lots of love, but no one's taking."

"It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages."

"A heart touched by genuine kindness never loses its warmth. Such is the immutable nature of understanding."

"A peaceful heart knows that gratitude turns what we have into enough."