Sam Shepard Quotes

Writing for theatre is certainly different to writing an essay or any other kind of fiction or prose: it's physical. You're also telling a story, but sometimes the story isn't exactly what you intend; maybe you uncover something you had no idea you were going to uncover.

Sam Shepard

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: playwright
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 5, 1943 - July 27, 2017

Topics

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I am in awe of women who have full family lives and seem to work round the clock in the 24/7 news cycle.

Jill Abramson

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I write for a certain sphere of readers in the United States who on average watch seven and a half hours of multichannel television per day.

Jerzy Kosinski

DayTelevisionWriteAverageWatch

I did the first HBO special ever in 1975 at Haverford College. Cable was new then: HBO was a Time-Life entity, with maybe 400,000 or 500,000 subscribers and maybe 50 employees.

Robert Klein

CollegeEmployeesNewSpecialFirst

A woman should be like a single flower, not a whole bouquet.

Anna Held

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The world is richer than ever, and the gaps between rich and poor are wider.

Anna Lindh

WorldRichPoorBetweenThanEver

God must have been on leave during the Holocaust.

Simon Wiesenthal

GodHolocaustLeaveMustBeen

Like millions of others, I have been plagued by the devastating effects of cancer hitting not one, but multiple members of my family.

Tom DeLonge

FamilyOthersCancerBeenLike

Legal and bureaucratic impediments to surveillance should be removed.

Mike Pompeo

LegalSurveillanceShould

I don't know what my limitations are until I reach them. I look for the challenge.

Joseph Fiennes

ChallengeReachLookKnowUntil

I never take any notes or draw charts or make elaborate diagrams, but I hold an image of the shape of a book in my head and work from that mental hologram.

Jonathan Lethem

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I always love going back to Los Angeles, because it was my home for 24 years, and I have many friends there.

Dominick Dunne

LoveHomeFriendsBackLos Angeles

Work has been my lover - I've shied away from any commitments.

Dennis Christopher

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