It wasn't until I was 35 or 36, when I wrote 'Danny and the Deep Blue Sea,' that I began to get some notoriety, though I only made $5,000. — John Patrick Shanley Copy Share Image
Women consume, and they must be directed what to consume, or they may identify you as lunch. — John Patrick Shanley Copy Share Image
“i don't know what your situation is but i wanted you to know what mine is not just to explain some rude behavior, but… — John Patrick Shanley Copy Share Image
I'd like to thank everybody who ever punched or kissed me in my life and everybody who I ever punched or kissed. — John Patrick Shanley Copy Share Image
It wasn't until I was 35 or 36, when I wrote 'Danny and the Deep Blue Sea,' that I began to get some notoriety,… — John Patrick Shanley Copy Share Image
dear god, whose name i do not know. thank you for my life. i forgot... how BIG... thank you. thank you for my life. — John Patrick Shanley Copy Share Image
I became a playwright and screenwriter. Italian-Americans were my particular specialty. I liked the way they talked. There was something free in it. — John Patrick Shanley Copy Share Image
I'm Irish as hell: Kelly on one side, Shanley on the other. My father had been born on a farm in the Irish Midlands.… — John Patrick Shanley Copy Share Image
Monogamy is like a 40-watt bulb. It works, but its not enough. — John Patrick Shanley Copy Share Image
People ask me if I believe in things: in God, in astrology, and I say, absolutely! I believe in everything! And I believe in… — John Patrick Shanley Copy Share Image
I think that certainty is a closed door, It's the end of the conversation. Doubt is an open door. — John Patrick Shanley Copy Share Image
Back when you were doing plays like 'The Miracle Worker,' you had 20, 25 people in the cast. When you go to make the… — John Patrick Shanley Copy Share Image
'The Miracle Worker' is just such an incredibly powerful play on stage, and is so kinetic, and athletic. — John Patrick Shanley Copy Share Image
Conscience is the most dangerous thing you possess. If you wake it up, it may destroy you. To live a life of total moral… — John Patrick Shanley Copy Share Image
