Sam Shepard Quotes

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Sam Shepard

Profession : Playwright

Birth : November 5, 1943

I keep my horses out in the open, but when I was working the ranches, I had to clean the stalls. It was a horrible job.

Sam Shepard

I don't attend costume parties.

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It's very easy to lose language - it can be shut off in a second.

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I had two experiences with very close friends of mine who experienced aphasia, the loss of language. It shocked me.

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There is this aura that the three-act play is the important one: it's the one that you do to win the Pulitzer. Some part of you falls for that, and then after a while, you don't fall for that.

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What I'm after is something different than supplying people with the idea that I'm writing an important play.

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Why would you want to be be counseled in your grief? It's too private.

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All good writing comes out of aloneness.

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To me, a strong sense of self isn't believing in a lot.

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I think most writers, in a sense, have this desire to disappear, to be absolutely anonymous, to be removed in some way: that comes out of the need to be a writer.

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I don't believe in a lot of schmoozing and buttering up. Not that you don't become friends in work. But I think it's a misconception that you have to do a lot of hanging before you work.

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I've always found it embarrassing to receive awards.

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Careers don't interest me. The only thing that interests me is continuing to be a poet on one level or another, whether acting or writing or directing.

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Directing feels great; I'm really happy to be doing this.

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Hats look exactly the same. There's no difference between The Writing Hat and The Acting Hat.

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I'm extremely grateful that I found writing, but it doesn't make it any more peaceful.

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I basically live out of my truck - I mean from place to place. I feel more at home in my truck than just about anywhere, which is a sad thing to say, but it's true.

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When I first started in film, I was terrified of the camera.

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You can write 16 plays and not make as much money as you did doing one movie.

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