Quotes by : Sam Shepard

My old man tried to force on me a notion of what it was to be a 'man.' And it destroyed my dad.

For me, playwriting is and has always been like making a chair. Your concerns are balance, form, timing,....

When you write a play, you work out like a musician on a piece of music. You find all the rhythms and....

I don't understand my feelings. I really don't. I don't understand how I could hate you so much after....

This isn't champagne anymore. We went through the champagne a long time ago. This is serious stuff. The....

Sides are being divided now. It's very obvious. So if you're on the other side of the fence, you're suddenly....

On stage, you're not limited at all because you're free in language: language is the source of the imagination.....

Weston: Look at my outlook. You don't envy it, right?Wesley: No.Weston: That's because it's full of poison.....

My dad had a lot of bad luck. You could see his suffering, his terrible suffering, living a life that....

I'm not a big fan of anniversaries.