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Sam Shepard

Sam Shepard

American Playwright

Born: Nov 5, 1943

Died: Jul 27, 2017

Great Life Me Think Writing You

Related authors: Arthur Miller August Wilson David Henry Hwang George C. Wolfe Howard E. Koch Katori Hall Lorraine Hansberry Lynn Nottage

They say TV has a tendency to diminish actors, and I think that's probably true in the long run - it wears on 'em like bad dental work - but Cheech doesn't show any of the signs of being damaged that way. And as a man, he's fantastic. Sam Shepard

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In many of my plays, there was a kind of autobiographical character in the form of a son or young man. Sam Shepard

Character Man Son Young Kind Autobiographical Form Young Man Many Plays

I guess what I like is mostly country & western or else stuff that has a real blues feel to it. Sam Shepard

Country Else Guess Feel Stuff Like Mostly Real Western Blues

You don't have to do anything in the movies. You just sit there. Well, that's not entirely true. You do less. Sam Shepard

You Sit Entirely True Well Just Anything Movies Less

I wrote 'Buried Child' in a trailer at an old ranch house we had in California. Sam Shepard

Old Ranch Had House Wrote California Trailer Child Buried

People are starved for a way of life - they're hunting for a way to be or to act toward the world. Sam Shepard

Life People World Starved Way Hunting Toward Act

It's very difficult to escape your background. You know, I don't think it's necessary to even try to escape it. More and more, I start to think that it's necessary to see exactly what it is that you inherited on both ends of the stick: your timidity, your courage, your self-deceit, and your honesty - and all the rest of it. Sam Shepard

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On every film, there are producers all over the place, and everyone's got to have an opinion. I think the screenplay is a beautiful form with great potential, but the environment around it is awful for a writer. Sam Shepard

Beautiful Great Every Think Everyone Potential Writer Environment Over Around Opinion Got Screenplay Form Place Producers Film Awful

When I first started, I didn't really know how to structure a play. Sam Shepard

First Structure Know How Really Play Started

I still find it hard to believe that the whole era of jazz is over. Sam Shepard

Jazz Believe Find Over Still Era Hard Whole

What I like most about Bolano is his courage. Sam Shepard

Courage About Like Most His

I think Bolano had a generosity about him that was unique. He seemed to include so many people in the circle of his adventures, whereas I felt like I was pretty selfish. Sam Shepard

I've always felt a great affinity with music. I've felt myself to be more of a musician than anything else, though I'm not proficient in any one instrument. But I think I have a musical sense of things... and writing seems to me to be a musical experience - rhythmically and in many other ways. Sam Shepard

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I used to work a lot on ranches where I grew up, and I had to rise at 5:30 in the morning. Sam Shepard

Work Morning Rise Had Lot Up Where Grew Used

I love Levon Helm - he's one of my favorite guys. Sam Shepard

Love Favorite Guys He Helm

I have a cellphone, but I have no Google, I have no gaggle. Sam Shepard

Google

Men lie all the time. Sam Shepard

Time Lie Men

I try not to be in situations where I'm being grabbed at. For the most part, you can avoid them. Sam Shepard

You Try Part Most Grabbed Situations Being Where Them Avoid

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

Job Out Horrible Clean Horses Open Had Working Keep

I don't attend costume parties. Sam Shepard

Costume Attend Parties

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

People Writing Important Something Supplying Idea Than Different After Play

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

Me Strong Sense Strong Sense Self Lot Believing

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

Great Happy Directing Feels Doing Really

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