There is a certain moment in the film when the son is in the nursing home and he goes to the television and turns it off because he sees himself in the image.
“I think being mean to people in high school is healthy. It's sort of like you're in this situation with all these other kids and sometimes you need to get your aggression out. And if you'd had people be mean to you before, it really does build character.”
“At dramatic rehearsals, the only author that's better than an absent one is a dead one.”