Season 1

“I'm envious of your generation, you know. You guys don't care as much about the rules. You know, I think that's a good thing. And I don't want to be that old guy that gives you advice, but I look at you and I think there are two versions of how your life can go. You can either go someplace, where yo…”

— Sam Levinson, Cal Jacobs, Eric Dane, imdb.com

“I don't know what type of fucked up shit you got going inside your head. I don't know how to help, but I could tell you one thing: this drug shit, it's not the answer.”

— Sam Levinson, Fezco, Angus Cloud, imdb.com

“It was like there was no more air left in the world. And I was gasping, and I was panicking.”

— Sam Levinson, Rue Bennett, Zendaya, imdb.com

“I know it all may seem sad, but guess what? I didn't build this system, nor did I fuck it up.”

— Sam Levinson, Rue Bennett, Zendaya, imdb.com

“He made a long mental checklist of the things he liked and disliked about women. He liked tennis skirts and jean cut-offs, but not the kind so short you could see the pockets. He liked ballet flats and heels. He hated sneakers and dress shoes. He was fine with sandals, as long as they were worn with…”

— Sam Levinson, Rue Bennett, Zendaya, imdb.com

“I was once happy, content, sloshing around in my own private, primordial pool. Then one day, for reasons beyond my control, I was repeatedly crushed over and over by the cruel cervix of my mother, Leslie. I put up a good fight, but I lost, for the first time, but not the last. I was born three days…”

— Sam Levinson, Rue Bennett, Zendaya, imdb.com

“I mean, I'm all good with drugs until guns start coming out.”

— Sam Levinson, Rue Bennett, Zendaya, imdb.com

“You know, it's one thing for my classmates to body shame me, but for you, Principal Hayes that's just a whole other thing. It's degrading. It's discriminatory. And it just goes to show how insidious, and systemic body terrorism truly is in this country.”

— Sam Levinson, Kat Hernandez, Barbie Ferreria, imdb.com

“You think 'cause I went to rehab I stayed clean?”

— Sam Levinson, Rue Bennett, Zendaya, imdb.com

“Kate: It's child pornography, you dumb fuck. Troy: But we're all under 18. Children can't make child pornography. Kate: Google it. Troy: I'm not googling child pornography. Kate: You know what? Fuck it. Fuck it, I'm going to the police.”

— Sam Levinson, Kat Hernandez, Barbie Ferreria, imdb.com

“This is the feeling I have been searching for my entire life, for as long as I could remember. Because suddenly, the world went quiet. And I felt safe, in my own head.”

— Sam Levinson, Rue Bennett, Zendaya, youtube.com

“Drugs”

— Sam Levinson, Maddy, Alexa Demie, imdb.com