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John Patrick Shanley quotes: I'd like to thank everybody who ever punched or kissed me in my life and everybody who I ever punched or kissed.

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 quotes: Where the terror is, you must go.

Where the terror is, you must go.

John Patrick Shanley quotes: The modern economics of the theater is such that we write plays with fewer and fewer characters.

The modern economics of the theater is such that we write plays with fewer and fewer characters.

John Patrick Shanley quotes: Whatever you do in terms of telling a story, the most important thing that you can define is who you are.

Whatever you do in terms of telling a story, the most important thing that you can define is who you are.

John Patrick Shanley quotes: Theatre is the safe place to do the unsafe things that need to be done.

Theatre is the safe place to do the unsafe things that need to be done.

John Patrick Shanley quotes: Monogamy is like a 40-watt bulb. It works, but it's not enough.

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

John Patrick Shanley quotes: 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!

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!

John Patrick Shanley quotes: I became a playwright and screenwriter. Italian-Americans were my particular specialty. I liked the way they talked. There was something free in it.

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 quotes: I have doubts! I have such doubts!

I have doubts! I have such doubts!

John Patrick Shanley quotes: Trying to lead an interesting life, a fruitful life, is a big challenge.

Trying to lead an interesting life, a fruitful life, is a big challenge.

John Patrick Shanley quotes: I would say that my parents were intermittently proud of me. They couldn't hang onto it, you know? It would come and go, like the flu.

I would say that my parents were intermittently proud of me. They couldn't hang onto it, you know? It would come and go, like the flu.

John Patrick Shanley quotes: Dear god, whose name i do not know. thank you for my life. i forgot ... how BIG ... thank you. thank you for my life.

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 quotes: Everything is painful, so why not be honest about the pain?

Everything is painful, so why not be honest about the pain?

John Patrick Shanley quotes: 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.

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 quotes: Women consume, and they must be directed what to consume, or they may identify you as lunch.

Women consume, and they must be directed what to consume, or they may identify you as lunch.

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

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

John Patrick Shanley quotes: 'The Miracle Worker' is just such an incredibly powerful play on stage, and is so kinetic, and athletic.

'The Miracle Worker' is just such an incredibly powerful play on stage, and is so kinetic, and athletic.

John Patrick Shanley quotes: 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.

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.

John Patrick Shanley quotes: I did 'Doubt' as a film, a play and an opera.

I did 'Doubt' as a film, a play and an opera.

John Patrick Shanley quotes: I want to say to you: Doubt can be a bond as powerful and sustaining as certainty.

I want to say to you: Doubt can be a bond as powerful and sustaining as certainty.