Judd Nelson Quotes

Childhood is a promise that is never kept.

I really like coming-of-age dramas. It's probably the most intense period in anyone's life, those years before you become an adult. Dramatically, there's so much to explore there. And it's nice to be around young talent coming through.

17 is the weirdest age, because you can't figure out if you want to grow up or be a child.

There's no more to Holden Caulfield. Read the book again. It's all there. Holden Caulfield is only a frozen moment in time.

It occurred to me the thing that broke my heart the most was when I grew up and realized everything wasn't an adventure. I got to a certain age and realized I couldn't be Indiana Jones.

I think the child I was until 12 was so much more interesting than the teenager I became.

I think there's a level of ignorance, when, in the callowness of youth, you imagine that you are inventing the world for the first time. You imagine that your parents don't know what it feels like to fall in love.

I've got a young man who works for me who says you don't need to discover your dreams - you need to recover them.

When you are in your teenage years you are consciously experiencing everything for the first time, so adolescent stories are all beginnings. There are never any endings.

To me, White Boy Shuffle is sort of like Catcher in the Rye, the story is so universal.

We're naturally programmed to endure a muddle of emotions as we leave childhood behind.

A flapper is just a little girl trying to grow up - in the process of growing up.

I find the subject of childhood fascinating. I explored this subject in Speak to me of love and I am curious about portraying the often painful transition into the adult world.

You never forget the discovery years. First kisses. The first time you try certain foods.

Young alienation, disappointment and heartache is all a part of the first real growing up that we do.

I like writing about teenagers because it's a time of great change and conflict. Up to then, you accept what your parents tell you.

Does everything in this life begin and end with Judy Blume? Perhaps.

Although I sometimes enjoy writing from an adult's perspective, I feel dedicated to the coming of age story - that part of a young person's life where he must make a decision that will change his life forever. I still remember what it's like to be twelve years old.

I have always been drawn to coming-of-age stories and books and movies featuring compelling young characters.

Youth is a time when we find the books we give up but do not get over.

No matter where you are or where you grow up, you always go through the same awkward moments of being a teenager and growing up and trying to figure out who you are.

We can all agree that first loves can be a scary thing, and that growing up is hard to do.

Everybody knows it hurts to grow up... and we're still fighting it.

In movies, there are some things the French do that Americans are increasingly incapable of doing. One is honoring the complexities of youth. It's a quiet, difficult undertaking, requiring subtlety in a filmmaker and perception and patience from us.

'The Catcher in the Rye.' When I was a teenager, that was my book; yes, somebody gets it, somebody gets adolescence.