In the film Adaptation, Nicholas Cage plays twin brothers, one of whom (Charlie) is an accomplished screenwriter suffering from writer's block, and the other (Donald,) who seems far less serious (his character provides comic relief), is working on his first manuscript and seems not to understand the writing process, though finishes his piece before Charlie finishes his.

In a scene late in the film, Donald tells Charlie that he loved a certain girl from high school for several years and that he had once spoken and flirted with her. Charlie tells his brother that he remembers the occasion and that the girl and her friends had actually made fun of Donald as he had walked away. This doesn't surprise Donald or hurt his feelings. In fact, Donald explains that he heard the girl and her friends making fun of him, but it didn't matter to him because he loved someone, he owned that love, and what he did with that love was his business, not her's, that it's what you do with your love for something, not what someone else does with your love for something. It's quite a gem of a scene actually. (And it's the epiphany that Charlie has needed to write and also to understand that his brother is deserving of respect.)

Question: What do you think about Donald's view of love?