Jonathan Tropper

“A problem is something to solve," Phillip says. "If there's no solutions, it's not a problem, so stop treating it like one.”

— Jonathan Tropper

“As always, the first instant he sees her, he can feel his heart shut down, the way you do in those first…

— Jonathan Tropper

“There’s no way to know what’s pissing him off right now. In my family, we don’t so much air our grievances as…

— Jonathan Tropper

You're terrified of being alone. Anything you do now will be motivated by that fear. You have to stop worrying about finding…

— Jonathan Tropper

“If we ever stopped to think about the infinite number of ways we could be undone, we’d never leave our bedrooms.”

— Jonathan Tropper

She was smart and funny and vulnerable and just so goddamned beautiful, the kind of beautiful that was worth being shot down…

— Jonathan Tropper

“Even betting against myself, I could always find a way to lose.”

— Jonathan Tropper

“But the truth is always a lot fuzzier, hiding in soft focus on the periphery.”

— Jonathan Tropper

Ultimately, you have to write what's coming at any given point in time. Fighting your instincts for practical reasons is a losing…

— Jonathan Tropper

“Do you believe in God?” “Not really,” he said. “No.” “Then why do we come here?” He sucked thoughtfully on his Tums…

— Jonathan Tropper

“I totally remember what it felt like to be so full…Full of promise, full of dreams, full of shit. Mostly just full…

— Jonathan Tropper

“It occurs to hi that what he has failed to impart through wisdom, he may well have imparted through stupidity.”

— Jonathan Tropper

“Our sages say burying someone is considered the truest form of kindness and respect, as the deceased will not be able to…

— Jonathan Tropper

“I wasted a lot of time being angry, time I can't get back. And now I see you, so angry about what…

— Jonathan Tropper

Phillip is the Paul McCartney of our family: better-looking than the rest of us, always facing a different direction in pictures, and…

— Jonathan Tropper

“I've been treating my life as this pit stop, just kind of regrouping before I move on. But it's been seven years,…

— Jonathan Tropper

“I keep waiting for the universe to decide things for me, and the thing is, the universe has better things to do.”

— Jonathan Tropper

I'm generally somebody who hopes for the best. It's not what one ought to do in my line of work [screenwriting], but…

— Jonathan Tropper

“I'd been forced into a movie, and there was nothing to do but follow the script.”

— Jonathan Tropper

“You swear you’ll never become your parents. You listen to edgy music, you dress young and hip, you have sex standing up…

— Jonathan Tropper

“The tears come to my eyes so fast, there's just no way to stop them.”

— Jonathan Tropper

You never know when it will be the last time you'll see your father, or kiss your wife, or play with your…

— Jonathan Tropper

Adapting your own book is like performing open-heart surgery on your own child.

— Jonathan Tropper

“At some point you lose sight of your actual parents; you just see a basketful of history and unresolved issues.”

— Jonathan Tropper

“Rest stops have always made him strangely happy. He couldn’t say why. Just the idea of everyone on their way somewhere, united…

— Jonathan Tropper