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Sam Shepard Quotes

I was in the war. I know how to kill. I was over there. I know how to do it. I’ve done it before. It’s no big deal. You just make an adjustment. You convince yourself it’s all right. That’s all. It’s easy. You just slaughter them Picture Quote #1

My dad had a lot of bad luck. You could see his suffering, his terrible suffering, living a life that was disappointing and looking for another one Picture Quote #1

Ive been so spoiled in the theater, writing plays where I can just do exactly what I want and nobody messes with me Picture Quote #1

I don’t want to be a playwright, I want to be a rock and roll star Picture Quote #1

Democracy’s a very fragile thing. You have to take care of democracy. As soon as you stop being responsible to it and allow it to turn into scare tactics, it’s no longer democracy, is it? It’s something else. It may be an inch away from totalitarianism Picture Quote #1

Film acting is really the trick of doing moments. You rarely do a take that lasts more than 20 seconds. You really earn your spurs acting onstage. I needed to do that for myself. I would hate to say at the end of everything that I never did a stage play Picture Quote #1

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I didn’t go out of my way to get into this movie stuff. I think of myself as a writer Picture Quote #1

I’m a writer. The more I act, the more resistance I have to it. If you accept work in a movie, you accept to be entrapped for a certain part of time, but you know you’re getting out. I’m also earning enough to keep my horses, buying some time to write Picture Quote #1

For me, playwriting is and has always been like making a chair. Your concerns are balance, form, timing, lights, space, music. If you don’t have these essentials, you might as well be writing a theoretical essay, not a play Picture Quote #1

This isn’t champagne anymore. We went through the champagne a long time ago. This is serious stuff. The days of champagne are long gone Picture Quote #1

I don’t understand my feelings. I really don’t. I don’t understand how I could hate you so much after so much time. How, no matter how much I’d like to not hate you, I hate you even more. It grows Picture Quote #1

You can’t keep messing me around like this. It’s been going on too long. I can’t take it anymore. I get sick every time you come around. Then I get sick when you leave. You’re like a disease to me Picture Quote #1

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Character is an essential tendency. It can be covered up, it can be messed with, it can be screwed around with, but it can’t be ultimately changed. It’s the structure of our bones, the blood that runs through our veins Picture Quote #1

I’ll develop my own image. I’m an original man. A one and only. I just need some help Picture Quote #1

There are places where writing is acting and acting is writing. I’m not so interested in the divisions. I’m interested in the way things cross over Picture Quote #1

When you consider all the writers who never even had a machine. Who would have given an eyeball for a good typewriter. Any typewriter. All the ones who wrote on a matchbook covers. Paper bags. Toilet paper. Who had their writing destroyed by their jailers. Who persisted beyond all odds Picture Quote #1

When I first started, I didn’t really know how to structure a play. I could write dialogue, but I just sort of failed beyond that, and kind of went wherever I wanted to go Picture Quote #1

The great thing for me, now, is that writing has become more and more interesting. Not just as a craft but as a way into things that are not described. It’s a thing of discovering. That’s when writing is really working. You’re on the trail of something and you don’t quite know what it is Picture Quote #1

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I still haven’t gotten over this thing of walking down the street and somebody recognizing you because you’ve been in a movie. There’s this illusion that movie stars only exist in the movies. And to see one live is like seeing a leopard let out of the zoo Picture Quote #1

Everyone wants a piece of land. It’s the only sure investment. It can never depreciate like a car or a washing machine. Land will double its value in ten years. In less than that. Land is going up every day Picture Quote #1

It’s funny, in a way the actor is a writer. It’s not like the two things are so separate as to be like apples and oranges. The writer and the actor are one Picture Quote #1

There’s no way to escape the fact that we’ve grown up in a violent culture, we just can’t get away from it, it’s part of our heritage. I think part of it is that we’ve always felt somewhat helpless in the face of this vast continent. Helplessness is answered in many ways, but one of them is violence Picture Quote #1

To sing a song is quite different than to write a poem. I’m not and never will be a novelist, but to write a novel is not the same thing as writing a play. There is a difference in form, but essentially what you’re after is the same thing Picture Quote #1

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I like cars. I like travel. I like the idea of people breaking down and I’m the only one who can help them get on the road again. It would be like being a magician. Just open up the hood and cast your magic spell Picture Quote #1

When you’re looking for someone, you’re looking for some aspect of yourself, even if you don’t know it... What we’re searching for is what we lack Picture Quote #1

I feel like I’ve never had a home, you know? I feel related to the country, to this country, and yet I don’t know exactly where I fit in... There’s always this kind of nostalgia for a place, a place where you can reckon with yourself Picture Quote #1

When you see the way things deteriorate before your very eyes. Everything running down hill. It’s kind of silly to even think about youth Picture Quote #1

I really didn’t know much about theater. After I signed on, I started reading a lot of Sam Shepard plays just to brush up on my history and do some research Picture Quote #1

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I was in the war. I know how to kill. I was over there. I know how to do it. I’ve done it before. It’s no big deal. You just make an adjustment. You convince yourself it’s all right. That’s all. It’s easy. You just slaughter them (Sam Shepard Quotes) My dad had a lot of bad luck. You could see his suffering, his terrible suffering, living a life that was disappointing and looking for another one (Sam Shepard Quotes) Ive been so spoiled in the theater, writing plays where I can just do exactly what I want and nobody messes with me (Sam Shepard Quotes) I don’t want to be a playwright, I want to be a rock and roll star (Sam Shepard Quotes) Democracy’s a very fragile thing. You have to take care of democracy. As soon as you stop being responsible to it and allow it to turn into scare tactics, it’s no longer democracy, is it? It’s something else. It may be an inch away from totalitarianism (Sam Shepard Quotes) Film acting is really the trick of doing moments. You rarely do a take that lasts more than 20 seconds. You really earn your spurs acting onstage. I needed to do that for myself. I would hate to say at the end of everything that I never did a stage play (Sam Shepard Quotes) I didn’t go out of my way to get into this movie stuff. I think of myself as a writer (Sam Shepard Quotes) I’m a writer. The more I act, the more resistance I have to it. If you accept work in a movie, you accept to be entrapped for a certain part of time, but you know you’re getting out. I’m also earning enough to keep my horses, buying some time to write (Sam Shepard Quotes) For me, playwriting is and has always been like making a chair. Your concerns are balance, form, timing, lights, space, music. If you don’t have these essentials, you might as well be writing a theoretical essay, not a play (Sam Shepard Quotes) This isn’t champagne anymore. We went through the champagne a long time ago. This is serious stuff. The days of champagne are long gone (Sam Shepard Quotes) I don’t understand my feelings. I really don’t. I don’t understand how I could hate you so much after so much time. How, no matter how much I’d like to not hate you, I hate you even more. It grows (Sam Shepard Quotes) You can’t keep messing me around like this. It’s been going on too long. I can’t take it anymore. I get sick every time you come around. Then I get sick when you leave. You’re like a disease to me (Sam Shepard Quotes) Character is an essential tendency. It can be covered up, it can be messed with, it can be screwed around with, but it can’t be ultimately changed. It’s the structure of our bones, the blood that runs through our veins (Sam Shepard Quotes) I’ll develop my own image. I’m an original man. A one and only. I just need some help (Sam Shepard Quotes) There are places where writing is acting and acting is writing. I’m not so interested in the divisions. I’m interested in the way things cross over (Sam Shepard Quotes) When you consider all the writers who never even had a machine. Who would have given an eyeball for a good typewriter. Any typewriter. All the ones who wrote on a matchbook covers. Paper bags. Toilet paper. Who had their writing destroyed by their jailers. Who persisted beyond all odds (Sam Shepard Quotes) When I first started, I didn’t really know how to structure a play. I could write dialogue, but I just sort of failed beyond that, and kind of went wherever I wanted to go (Sam Shepard Quotes) The great thing for me, now, is that writing has become more and more interesting. Not just as a craft but as a way into things that are not described. It’s a thing of discovering. That’s when writing is really working. You’re on the trail of something and you don’t quite know what it is (Sam Shepard Quotes) I still haven’t gotten over this thing of walking down the street and somebody recognizing you because you’ve been in a movie. There’s this illusion that movie stars only exist in the movies. And to see one live is like seeing a leopard let out of the zoo (Sam Shepard Quotes) Everyone wants a piece of land. It’s the only sure investment. It can never depreciate like a car or a washing machine. Land will double its value in ten years. In less than that. Land is going up every day (Sam Shepard Quotes) We’re being sold a brand new idea of patriotism. It never occurred to me that patriotism had to be advertised. Patriotism is something you deeply felt. You didn’t have to wear it on your lapel or show it in your window or on a bumper sticker. That kind of patriotism does not appeal to me at all (Sam Shepard Quotes) It’s funny, in a way the actor is a writer. It’s not like the two things are so separate as to be like apples and oranges. The writer and the actor are one (Sam Shepard Quotes) There’s no way to escape the fact that we’ve grown up in a violent culture, we just can’t get away from it, it’s part of our heritage. I think part of it is that we’ve always felt somewhat helpless in the face of this vast continent. Helplessness is answered in many ways, but one of them is violence (Sam Shepard Quotes) To sing a song is quite different than to write a poem. I’m not and never will be a novelist, but to write a novel is not the same thing as writing a play. There is a difference in form, but essentially what you’re after is the same thing (Sam Shepard Quotes) I like cars. I like travel. I like the idea of people breaking down and I’m the only one who can help them get on the road again. It would be like being a magician. Just open up the hood and cast your magic spell (Sam Shepard Quotes) When you’re looking for someone, you’re looking for some aspect of yourself, even if you don’t know it... What we’re searching for is what we lack (Sam Shepard Quotes) I feel like I’ve never had a home, you know? I feel related to the country, to this country, and yet I don’t know exactly where I fit in... There’s always this kind of nostalgia for a place, a place where you can reckon with yourself (Sam Shepard Quotes) When you see the way things deteriorate before your very eyes. Everything running down hill. It’s kind of silly to even think about youth (Sam Shepard Quotes) I really didn’t know much about theater. After I signed on, I started reading a lot of Sam Shepard plays just to brush up on my history and do some research (Sam Shepard Quotes)

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