Sam Shepard Quotes

Sam Shepard

American Playwright

Born: Nov 5, 1943

Died: Jul 27, 2017

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

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

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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

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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

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