Jonathan Tropper
Jonathan Tropper
Jonathan Tropperis an American writer and an adjunct faculty member at Manhattanville College...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth19 February 1970
CountryUnited States of America
screenplay
I wrote the screenplay for 'This Is Where I Leave You' - all 40 drafts of it.
covers guitars guys piano played
I played piano in a covers band, but that didn't especially help with girls. There is never a piano around after the shows. Guys with the guitars were the ones who got lucky.
affords certain emotional level liberates life nobody rock wants
Nobody wants to rock their own life. But, on the other hand, when your life does get rocked, it affords you a certain level of emotional honesty. It liberates you to be who you really are.
discomfort experience people work
I occasionally experience the discomfort of people assuming my work is autobiographical.
satisfying
There's something really satisfying if you've created a bunch of characters that have withstood 25 episodes.
resolve themselves
On any serialized show, you're going to have through-lines that take you through the season, and you're going to have individual arcs that resolve themselves in shorter order.
element humor novelist people wrote
I'm a novelist first, and I wrote a bunch of books, and everything I write, I just find people are more interesting when there's an element of humor to it.
adapting performing
Adapting your own book is like performing open-heart surgery on your own child.
ideas no-idea universe
I’m living in separate universes, and I have no idea where I actually belong.
lines hoping-for-the-best screenwriting
I'm generally somebody who hopes for the best. It's not what one ought to do in my line of work [screenwriting], but it is what I do.
true-love pain answers
Everyone always wants to know how you can tell when it's true love, and the answer is this: when the pain doesn't fade and the scars don't heal, and it's too damned late.
passion heartache way
I loved her for the way she embraced the unknown, how she opened herself up to every experience. When I was with her, she opened me up, too, stirred my passion and heightened my every sensation. Which was great, until she left me and all my heightened senses to deal with the heartache of losing her.
empowering comfortable
Get comfortable with being alone. It will empower you.
conflict ass grunt
If only all our conflicts could be resolved with a few grunts and a smack in the ass.