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Sam Shepard quotes: Love is the only disease that makes you feel better.

Love is the only disease that makes you feel better.

Sam Shepard quotes: I'm not in demand. I'm all washed up.

I'm not in demand. I'm all washed up.

Sam Shepard quotes: ....and in that wink I understood there might be grown men in this world who actually get a spark out of life.

....and in that wink I understood there might be grown men in this world who actually get a spark out of life.

Sam Shepard quotes: I always thought the desert was the antithesis of peace - something that attacks you. So you don't go to the desert for peace.

I always thought the desert was the antithesis of peace - something that attacks you. So you don't go to the desert for peace.

Sam Shepard quotes: I got to New York when I was eighteen. I was knocking around, trying to be an actor, writer, musician, whatever happened.

I got to New York when I was eighteen. I was knocking around, trying to be an actor, writer, musician, whatever happened.

Sam Shepard quotes: When you die it's the end of your life.

When you die it's the end of your life.

Sam Shepard quotes: [Rewriting is] a whole other art form; it's about craftsmanship.

[Rewriting is] a whole other art form; it's about craftsmanship.

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.

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: All of the great writers whom I admire have died. I guess the most recent one would be Marquez.

All of the great writers whom I admire have died. I guess the most recent one would be Marquez.

Sam Shepard quotes: You sometimes use the excuse, 'I'm a writer, dammit, I can do anything I want,' but that doesn't work.

You sometimes use the excuse, 'I'm a writer, dammit, I can do anything I want,' but that doesn't work.

Sam Shepard quotes: It's one of the great tragedies of our contemporary life in America, that families fall apart. Almost everybody has that in common.

It's one of the great tragedies of our contemporary life in America, that families fall apart. Almost everybody has that in common.

Sam Shepard quotes: I don't want to be a playwright, I want to be a rock and roll star.

I don't want to be a playwright, I want to be a rock and roll star.

Sam Shepard quotes: She refers to her past as the time before she was blown away.

She refers to her past as the time before she was blown away.

Sam Shepard quotes: Give me the keys.

Give me the keys.

Sam Shepard quotes: There's gonna be a general lack of toast in the neighborhood this morning.

There's gonna be a general lack of toast in the neighborhood this morning.

Sam Shepard quotes: Keep away from fantasy. Shake off the image,

Keep away from fantasy. Shake off the image,

Sam Shepard quotes: Words are tools of imagery in motion,

Words are tools of imagery in motion,

Sam Shepard quotes: The words I overuse are all adverbs.

The words I overuse are all adverbs.

Sam Shepard quotes: I didn't go out of my way to get into this movie stuff. I think of myself as a writer.

I didn't go out of my way to get into this movie stuff. I think of myself as a writer.

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.

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 believe in my mask The man I made up is meI believe in my dance And my destiny

I believe in my mask
The man I made up is me
I believe in my dance
And my destiny

Sam Shepard quotes: I was shot in the wrist when I was a kid. Deliberately.

I was shot in the wrist when I was a kid. Deliberately.

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

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

Sam Shepard quotes: I think without writing I would feel completely useless.

I think without writing I would feel completely useless.

Sam Shepard quotes: The funny thing about having all this so-called success is that behind it is a certain horrible emptiness.

The funny thing about having all this so-called success is that behind it is a certain horrible emptiness.

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.

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: You don't have to take it out on my typewrite ya' know. It's not the machine's fault that you can't write. It's a sin to do that to a good

You don't have to take it out on my typewrite ya' know. It's not the machine's fault that you can't write. It's a sin to do that to a good machine.

Sam Shepard quotes: I've been so spoiled in the theater, writing plays where I can just do exactly what I want and nobody messes with me.

I've 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: Hollywood is geared toward teenage idiocy.

Hollywood is geared toward teenage idiocy.

Sam Shepard quotes: Caryl Churchill is a writer of some note, but in the sack, she makes me explain everything.

Caryl Churchill is a writer of some note, but in the sack, she makes me explain everything.

Sam Shepard quotes: I've heard writers talk about "discovering a voice," but for me that wasn't a problem. There were so many voices that I didn't know where to start.

I've heard writers talk about "discovering a voice," but for me that wasn't a problem. There were so many voices that I didn't know where to start.

Sam Shepard quotes: Ideas emerge from plays, not the other way around.

Ideas emerge from plays, not the other way around.

Sam Shepard quotes: Those are the most monotonous fuckin' crickets I ever heard in my life.

Those are the most monotonous fuckin' crickets I ever heard in my life.

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.

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: You can't make a living as a playwright. You can barely scrape by.

You can't make a living as a playwright. You can barely scrape by.

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.

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'll develop my own image. I'm an original man. A one and only. I just need some help.

I'll develop my own image. I'm an original man. A one and only. I just need some help.

Sam Shepard quotes: I had a definite sense of somehow being a passenger in an evil vehicle crusing through Paradise.

I had a definite sense of somehow being a passenger in an evil vehicle crusing through Paradise.

Sam Shepard quotes: Beginnings are definitely the most exciting, middles are perplexing and endings are a disaster.

Beginnings are definitely the most exciting, middles are perplexing and endings are a disaster.

Sam Shepard quotes: Personality is everything that's false in a human: everything that's been added on to him and contrived.

Personality is everything that's false in a human: everything that's been added on to him and contrived.