"I may have trouble remembering my own name, or what country I live in, but there are two things I can't seem to forget: that my own daughter threw me into a nursing home, and that she ate Minny's shit."

"[when Hilly realizes what was in Minny's pie and runs off, gagging] And you didn't have just ONE, you had TWO slices!!! [begins laughing hysterically, as Minny flees] RUN, MINNY, RUN!!! HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!"

"Emma Stone as Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan"

"Frying chicken just tend to make you feel better about life."

"Ashley Johnson as Mary Beth Cadwell"

"Lila Rogers as Young Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan"

"Cicely Tyson as Constantine Bates"

"[to Eugenia] Courage sometimes skips a generation. Thank you for bringing it back to our family."

"[to Eugenia] Every day you're not dead in the ground, when you wake up in the morning, you're gonna have to make some decisions. Got to ask yourself this question: "Am I gonna believe all them bad things them fools say about me today?" You hear me today? "Am I gonna believe all them bad things them fools say about me today? You hear me today?" All right? As for your mama, she didn't pick her life. It picked her. But you, you're gonna do something big with yours. You wait and see."

"[to Stuart] I'm sorry, but were you dropped on your head as an infant, or were you just born stupid?"

"[to Eugenia] Your eggs are dying. Would it kill you to go on a date?"

"[to Eugenia] Mrs. Leefolt should not be having babies. Write that down."

"[repeated line, to Mae Mobley] You is kind. You is smart. You is important."

"[hysterical] It's Skeeter! She put it in the newsletter. I specifically said, "Drop old coats at my house," not commodes!!! Why would she do this to me?"

"[to Eugenia] Love and hate are two horns on the same goat, Eugenia. And you need a goat."

"If you can love your enemy, you already have a victory."

"[to Eugenia] You ain't got nothing left here but enemies in the Junior League. You done burned every bridge there is. And you ain't never gonna get another man in this town, everybody know that. So don't walk your white butt to New York, run it!"

"[to Eugenia] Isn't that what all you girls from Ole Miss major in - professional husband hunting?"

"[to Hilly] Eat my shit."

"Christopher Fitzgerald - Robin"

"Dianne Wiest - Carol"

"Jicky Schnee - Mandy the Waitress"

"Jeremy Shamos - Matthew"

"Amy Sedaris - Cassidy's Mom"

"Cassidy Hinkle - Cassidy"

"Mandy Moore - Lucy Reily"

"John Ellison Conlee - Man at Lucy's"

"Catherine Lloyd Burns - Mother in Bookstore"

"Tom Wilkinson - Rudy Holt"

"Billy Crudup - Henry Roth"

"Christine Taylor - Allison"

"Bob Balaban - Arthur Planck"

"Martin Freeman - Jeremy"

"Catherine Kellner as Abusive Mom"

"Bobby Cannavale - Don Meyers"

"Peter Bogdanovich - Roger Spade"

"Christopher Grey Misa as Abused Kid"

"Justin Theroux - Lawyer on phone"

"Charles S. Dutton - Private Investigator Ken Karsch"

"Maria Bello - Amy Rainey"

"Timothy Hutton - Ted "Teddy" Milner"

"Len Cariou - Sheriff Dave Newsome"

"The most important part of a story is the ending."

"Some windows should never be opened."