John Patrick Shanley Quotes

“Love don't make things nice, it ruins everything, it breaks your heart, it makes things a mess. We're not here to make things perfect. Snowflakes are perfect. The stars are perfect. Not us. We are here to ruin ourselves and break our hearts and love the wrong people and die.”
― John Patrick Shanley Moonstruck

“I was remembering film school," she said. "And John Patrick Shanley."
“The fellow who wrote the script for Congo?”
“No,” Hannah said, indignant. “I mean, yes, that was him, but I was thinking of a different script of his, and also, if you don't mind me asking, of all the things he's ever done, why do you think of him for that?"
“I'm aware he’s written some other things.”
“A few!”
― John Scalzi, When the Moon Hits Your Eye