J. Courtney Sullivan Quotes

I still connect with original emotions. 'Night Moves' was written about 1961 or 1962 when I was in high school, and it was about what my friends and I did in that period.

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

When I first saw 'Fast Times at Ridgemont High,' I thought: That's what my life is like. That's my day-to-day.

'Superbad' was such a personal movie.

The dueling maturity levels in high school is such a source of comedy to me. I was always such a late developer. I was last to walk. I was last to ride a bike. I was last to have sex. That's why it's fun to portray one side of your childhood onscreen.

I was 29 and I really fell in love, I think, for the first time. I was vulnerable in a way I didn't think I could be.

I think that the beauty of 'Spud' is that everyone can connect to the character of Spud in so many ways. It's about real experiences that happen to kids all the time.

Once upon a time, they thought I was a sweet, wide-eyed boy that was just trying to figure out how to kiss the girl. Lots of comic relief and adolescent yearnings.

I think teen-age love is a great thing. There's nothing quite like it and never will be for the rest of your life.

I'm completely obsessed with Andrew Smith's 'Winger.' A great, hilarious, and moving story.

I was in romantic relationships with girls - whatever that means at 14.

Even in movies like 'Superbad,' they're all lovable kids.

The first girl I kissed was a suburbanite.

I love telling teen stories where the characters are experiencing things for the first time - the stakes feel really high.

For a lot of people going through their first love, you're both still figuring yourself out.

First love is such a big thing growing up.

YA, I feel, is so accurate to what it is like be a teenager and the realities of being a teenager and being in love.

When you're a teenager, everything is amplified because everything is a first. The first time you feel othered, the first time you feel rejected, the first time you fall in love... it's the first time, so it's so vivid, and everything feels like the whole world almost, because it is your whole world; your world is small when you're a teenager.

'Call Me by Your Name' is essentially the universal nature of love.

I think we take our friends for granted a lot in high school. We're so busy worrying about our own problems that we ignore the fact that we have these people who are supporting us and taking care of us like all the time.

Jung Yong-hwa and I know so much about each other, I think it would be difficult for us to start a romantic relationship.

I enjoyed being a teenager.

I kissed my first girl when I was 13.

I am like any typical teenager.

I was class VI or VII when I had a crush on a girl, and I thought this is the girl I'd marry. When you're so young, you are crestfallen when things don't turn out your way and think it's the end of the world.