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Sam Shepard Quotes

Total quotes: 4
“I’m not interested in borders so much as I like putting things together.”
— Sam Shepard, Interview at Cherry Lane Theater in NYC
Tagged: Connecting, Openness
“You have to take the plunge. It’s easy to talk about the process, but it’s a confrontation. You’re confronting a blank page. It’s like drawing. You stare at a blank canvas and it goes from itself. You can call it a process, but you’re studying where this inspiration comes from. I don’t even have a specific time I write.”
— Sam Shepard, Interview at Cherry Lane Theater in NYC
Tagged: Writing & Expression, Writing Processes, Against Routine, Jump Into It!, Writing
“The California I knew, old rancho California, is gone. It just doesn’t exist, except maybe in little pockets. I lived on the edge of the Mojave Desert, an area that used to be farm country. There were all these fresh-produce stands with avocados and date palms. You could get a dozen artichokes for a buck or something. Totally wiped out now.”
— Sam Shepard, Sam Shepard, The Art of Theater No. 12
Tagged: California, America's Changing Landscape
“Every condition I was in seemed like it could be a play. Everything seemed like a possible play. It was also a bit scary. I mean, people talk about the 1960s in a nostalgic way, but to me it was terrifying. People were getting assassinated. There was Vietnam. There were race riots. It felt like everything was going to get blown up sky-high. It didn’t feel like flower power. It felt like Armageddon.”
— Sam Shepard, Interview magazine October 2011 Sam Shepard
Tagged: The 1960s
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