quotes by John Patrick Shanley

"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 because we're on a little boat for a while and... i'm soul sick. and you're going to see that."
— John Patrick Shanley (Moonstruck, Joe Versus the Volcano, and Five Corners : Screenplays)

"Doubt requires more courage than conviction does, and more energy; because conviction is a resting place and doubt is infinite – it is a passionate exercise. You may come out of my play uncertain. You may want to be sure. Look down on that feeling. We’ve got to learn to live with a full measure of uncertainty. There is no last word. That’s the silence under the chatter of our time. "
— John Patrick Shanley (Doubt: A Parable)

"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 (Moonstruck, Joe Versus the Volcano, and Five Corners : Screenplays)

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