53 Quotes by John Patrick Shanley

Life happens when the tectonic power of your speechless soul breaks through the dead habits of the mind.

You have no right to act on your own! You have taken vows, obedience being one! You answer to us! You have no right to step outside the church!

If you put someone in a room with no script to direct, they’re just going to sit there. Writing scripts is the execution for a show. Then the director takes that and hires people. It’s like trying to build a house without any bricks. You need a great script.

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

Walk towards the good. Don’t be distracted by fear, by rage. Walk towards the good. In places, that path is wide. In places, perilous. Walk.

If you put someone in a room with no script to direct, they're just going to sit there. Writing scripts is the execution for a show. Then the director takes that and hires people. It's like trying to build a house without any bricks. You need the script. I could build the house, but I have to know how.

Monogamy is like a 40-watt bulb. It works, but it's not enough.

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