John Patrick Shanley Quotes

Whatever you do in terms of telling a story, the most important thing that you can define is who you are.

Theatre is the safe place to do the unsafe things that need to be done.

There are people who...tell you that the light in your heart is a weakness. Don't believe it! It's an old tactic of cruel people to kill kindness in the name of virtue.

Everything is painful, so why not be honest about the pain?

I'd like to thank everybody who ever punched or kissed me in my life and everybody who I ever punched or kissed.

Where the terror is, you must go.

I think that certainty is a closed door, It's the end of the conversation. Doubt is an open door.

When I write a screenplay - and I think this is true for a lot of people - you direct the movie. Thats what writing a screenplay is.

Monogamy is like a 40-watt bulb. It works, but its not enough.

I have doubts! I have such doubts!

Trying to lead an interesting life, a fruitful life, is a big challenge.

dear god, whose name i do not know. thank you for my life. i forgot... how BIG... thank you. thank you for my life.

I want to say to you: Doubt can be a bond as powerful and sustaining as certainty.