"People don't always want to be with people. It gets tiring."

“Scared is what you're feeling," says Ma, "but brave is what you're doing.”

“I think buddy is man talk for sweetie.”

“It's called mind over matter. If we don't mind, it doesn't matter.”

“Soon I must vote for Oscars and BAFTAs, so I've been having marathon screening sessions. Top of my list so far is ROOM, which is brilliant in every way. The boy actor, Jacob Tremblay, is astounding. But most of all, it's a film that never stoops to the rigged mini-plots so often used to generate viewer excitement: it goes its own way, always surprising, always utterly believable. The writer of both the novel and the screenplay, Emma Donoghue, has produced a perfect work. People seem surprised that a first-time screenwriter can be so good, but the truth is screenwriting's not hard, it's having something strong and real and true to write about that's hard. Emma Donoghue is original and wise: that's rare.”

“When I was a little kid I thought like a little kid, but now I'm five I know everything.”