Richard LaGravenese Quotes

'Blue Valentine,' Derek Cianfrance's emotional gunslinger of a film, tears into the topic of moribund marriages with an honesty that's hard to come by in Hollywood these days.

It's always tough when you're fighting with your husband on the court.

Divorce can be crazy. Man, if you're happy... Love is a beast, man. Hold on. Be prepared for any way it may go, and be honest.

If you had asked me when I was 28 and in my wedding dress if I ever thought I would end up in my forties flipping my husband the bird over potato chips, I'd say you were crazy.

A lot of times, you get into it with your significant other, and you feel like, 'Oh my God, you are acting crazy.' I've heard that before - I'm sure a lot of us have!

I believe that the dissolution of a marriage comes about by the breaking down of self-esteem.

All my life there's always been an ex-wife or a girlfriend.

After the first couple of years of on 'Black-ish,' my wife and I actually broke up. We got back together, and it was this really, really difficult time for me.

He left her. She was dissatisfied with him. He had preferred to incur her anger rather than cause her pain. He had kept all the pain for himself.

The truth is, sometimes too much can happen in a relationship, and then there's nothing anyone can do or say. It's broken.

Men always have their reasons. But the fact is that they always wind up leaving.

Regardless of whether you're in a gay or heterosexual relationship, you're going to go through your ups and downs.

Suddenly, relationships go topsy-turvy, and guys often don't understand what's going on. I think a lot of men are in that boat.

I want people to not be embarrassed going through breakups and divorces, to know what to do before they get involved in a relationship.

A new couple does a lot of things for each other. And slowly they lose interest and it affects the relationship. It is a part of life and a lot of people experience this.

It can be easy to let all sorts of things in your life slide, including your relationship.

There were a lot of bad relationships that got very convoluted up at Columbia with me, what they expected from me.

the next morning, fang and i broke up. now let me get this strait, i broke up with him. a split second after he broke up with me.

Enjoy him while it lasts," I called. "Apparently he has Girlfriend ADD." She looked away, but not before I caught the blush staining her cheeks.

Arguments could fill a marriage like water, running through everything, always, with no taste or color but lots of noise.

Yesterday my daughter said to me, 'My marriage is falling apart.' And now all she can do is watch it falling.

An amicable divorce is like a ventilated condom; it just doesn't work.

galatea was a serious girl. she was pale and looked like tears all over. big ed passed his hand through his hair and said hello. she looked at him steadily. "where have you been? why did you do this to me?" and she gave dean a dirty look; she knew the score. dean paid absolutely no attention; what he wanted now was food; he asked jane if there was anything. the confusion began right there.

If you're in a relationship and someone was cheating, it could be a complete reflection of the relationship itself.

I hate you!” I screamed at Fang. Tucking my wings in, I aimed downward, diving toward the ground at more than two hundred miles an hour. “No you dooonnn’t!” Fang’s voice spiraled away into nothingness, far above me. Inside my head, almost drowned out by the roar of wind rushing by my ears, I heard the Voice make a tsking sound. You guys are crazy about each other, it said.