Loretta, I love you. Not like they told you love is, and I didn't know this either, but love don't make things nice - it ruins everything. It breaks your heart. It makes things a mess. We aren't here to make things perfect. The snowflakes are perfect. The stars are perfect. Not us. Not us! We are here to ruin ourselves and to break our hearts and love the wrong people and *die*. The storybooks are *bullshit*. Now I want you to come upstairs with me and *get* in my bed!
John Patrick ShanleyWhen 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.
John Patrick ShanleyWhatever you do in terms of telling a story, the most important thing that you can define is who you are.
John Patrick Shanley