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John Patrick Shanley Quotes

I think that certainty is a closed door, It’s the end of the conversation. Doubt is an open door Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Conscience is the most dangerous thing you possess. If you wake it up, it may destroy you. To live a life of total moral rigor is not necessarily the way to go. It’s the path for very few people. Most people need to come up with some kind of middle ground that satisfies their practical, moral, and philosophical esthetic needs Picture Quote #1

There are people who...tell you that the light in your heart is a weakness. Don’t believe it! It’s an old tactic of cruel people to kill kindness in the name of virtue Picture Quote #1

Some actors are brilliant in David Mamet, but they would crash and burn in my plays and visa-versa. You either have my music in your body, or you don’t Picture Quote #1

If you put someone in a room with no script to direct, they’re just going to sit there. Writing scripts is the execution for a show. Then the director takes that and hires people. It’s like trying to build a house without any bricks. You need the script. I could build the house, but I have to know how Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

I adopted two children, then I got eye disease and five rounds of surgery. I went blind in one eye, then the other eye, and that went on for three or four years. I got very enamored and involved with the theater and did a lot of plays Picture Quote #1

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. He and his brothers had been shepherds there, cattle and sheep, back in the early 1920s. I grew up surrounded by brogues and Irish music, but stayed away from the old country till I was over 40. I just couldn’t own being Irish Picture Quote #1

Dear God, whose name I do not know. thank you for my life. I forgot... how BIG... thank you. thank you for my life Picture Quote #1

Everything is painful, so why not be honest about the pain? Picture Quote #1

Trying to lead an interesting life, a fruitful life, is a big challenge Picture Quote #1

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Theatre is the safe place to do the unsafe things that need to be done Picture Quote #1

I have doubts! I have such doubts! Picture Quote #1

I am not a courageous person by nature. I have simply discovered that, at certain key moments in this life, you must find courage in yourself, in order to move forward and live. It is like a muscle and it must be exercised, first a little, and then more and more. All the really exciting things possible during the course of a lifetime require a little more courage than we currently have. A deep breath and a leap Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

If you put someone in a room with no script to direct, they’re just going to sit there. Writing scripts is the execution for a show. Then the director takes that and hires people. It’s like trying to build a house without any bricks. You need a great script Picture Quote #1

Whatever you do in terms of telling a story, the most important thing that you can define is who you are Picture Quote #1

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I think that certainty is a closed door, It’s the end of the conversation. Doubt is an open door (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. (John Patrick Shanley Quotes) Conscience is the most dangerous thing you possess. If you wake it up, it may destroy you. To live a life of total moral rigor is not necessarily the way to go. It’s the path for very few people. Most people need to come up with some kind of middle ground that satisfies their practical, moral, and philosophical esthetic needs. (John Patrick Shanley Quotes) There are people who...tell you that the light in your heart is a weakness. Don’t believe it! It’s an old tactic of cruel people to kill kindness in the name of virtue. (John Patrick Shanley Quotes) Some actors are brilliant in David Mamet, but they would crash and burn in my plays and visa-versa. You either have my music in your body, or you don’t. (John Patrick Shanley Quotes) If you put someone in a room with no script to direct, they’re just going to sit there. Writing scripts is the execution for a show. Then the director takes that and hires people. It’s like trying to build a house without any bricks. You need the script. I could build the house, but I have to know how. (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. (John Patrick Shanley Quotes) I adopted two children, then I got eye disease and five rounds of surgery. I went blind in one eye, then the other eye, and that went on for three or four years. I got very enamored and involved with the theater and did a lot of plays. (John Patrick Shanley Quotes) 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. He and his brothers had been shepherds there, cattle and sheep, back in the early 1920s. I grew up surrounded by brogues and Irish music, but stayed away from the old country till I was over 40. I just couldn’t own being Irish. (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 (John Patrick Shanley Quotes) Everything is painful, so why not be honest about the pain? (John Patrick Shanley Quotes) Trying to lead an interesting life, a fruitful life, is a big challenge (John Patrick Shanley Quotes) Theatre is the safe place to do the unsafe things that need to be done (John Patrick Shanley Quotes) I have doubts! I have such doubts! (John Patrick Shanley Quotes) I am not a courageous person by nature. I have simply discovered that, at certain key moments in this life, you must find courage in yourself, in order to move forward and live. It is like a muscle and it must be exercised, first a little, and then more and more. All the really exciting things possible during the course of a lifetime require a little more courage than we currently have. A deep breath and a leap (John Patrick Shanley Quotes) 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 Quotes) If you put someone in a room with no script to direct, they’re just going to sit there. Writing scripts is the execution for a show. Then the director takes that and hires people. It’s like trying to build a house without any bricks. You need a great script (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 (John Patrick Shanley Quotes)