77 Quotes by James L. Brooks

Honey, lately your low self-esteem is just good common sense

I had a marketing idea that everybody hated, decency is sexy.

I love romantic comedy, but I think you have to have another idea that you're chasing along with romantic comedy.

I laugh every day. There are days when my laughs are pretty hollow. Dust comes out of your mouth, and your bones make a funny sound. But I'm laughing.

When you work alongside somebody day in and day out, the relationships tend to be wonderful: they're lifelong.

If you ever catch a great boss, it's just such a rare thing, and it's amazing.

I value comedy. I value somebody who can be funny.

I've done it with Broadcast News-where there was no finish line, there was no agenda that I had to move all the characters to this point, that I was sort of open to what happens.

You become so obsessed, and that's not a bad thing for a movie. Serve it with that sense that it's the whole world.