American - Playwright | November 5, 1943 - July 27, 2017
I remember, as a kid, going into other people's houses. Everything was different. The smells in the kitchen were different; the clothing was different. That bothered me. There's something very mysterious about other families and the way they function.
Sam Shepard
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I wrote 'Buried Child' in a trailer at an old ranch house we had in California.
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People are starved for the truth, and when something comes along that even looks like the truth, people will latch onto it because everything's so false.
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People are starved for a way of life - they're hunting for a way to be or to act toward the world.
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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.
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With acting, you can find a way to make it interesting for yourself, if nobody else - even on big-budget films. But you're very much on your own.
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The wonderful thing about writing for theatre is you can go anywhere you want with the language. There are no limits. With film, they frown on language - it's always 'Too many words.'
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I see a lot of scripts, and very few of them leap off the page at you.
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When I first started, I didn't really know how to structure a play.
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I still find it hard to believe that the whole era of jazz is over.
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What I like most about Bolano is his courage.
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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.
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