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Sam Shepard Quotes

I try not to be in situations where I'm being grabbed at. For the most part, you can avoid them.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

You Try Where Being Avoid Most

It doesn't matter who you are, football's a business. At some stage you're going to have to leave a football club; that's just normal.

Business Football You Matter Stage

I've gone for each type: the rough guy; the nerdy, sweet, lovable guy; and the slick guy. I don't really have a type. Men in general are a good thing.

Jennifer Aniston

Good Men Sweet Gone Nerdy Guy

I'm a U.K. size 8, so not skinny.

Usually, autobiography is such an indulgence of the ego.

Ego Autobiography Indulgence

Communism didn't work because people weren't ready for it, it was corrupt, and because it squelched individualism.

Work People Communism Ready Corrupt

I always had a sketchbook with me when I was young. I was hiding behind it, basically, hiding behind drawing because I couldn't cope with people in real life; I was very shy and very nervous around people.

Life People Me Drawing Young Shy

Extremely religious, legalistic people have a criticism or judgment about everyone and everything. They just have a way of bringing people down with what they say.

People Criticism Down Say Way Just

It's one of my favourite types of comedy, just the awkward moments on camera. For many people, it's unbearable to watch, but I love seeing it when it's done right.

Love People Comedy Camera Moments

I know how deeply slothful I am.

I Am Know How Deeply Am Slothful

Whole communities are growing up without fathers or male role models. Bringing up a family in the best of circumstances is not easy. To try to do it by placing the entire burden on women - 91% of single-parent families in Britain are headed by the mother, according to census data - is practically absurd and morally indefensible.

Family Mother Women Best Growing Up

The Italian journalist Oriana Fallaci used to say that for her, an interview was like a war. I get the sense that we've forgotten that here in the United States. You turn on the TV, and you see very bland interviews. Journalists in the United States are very cozy with power, very close to those in power.

Power War You Cozy Say See

As a writer, being on the set of 'Gravity' was such a surreal experience. It was nice to see them using the technology to translate what we had on the page.

Technology Experience Page Nice See

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