Sam Shepard Quotes

There is this aura that the three-act play is the important one: it's the one that you do to win the Pulitzer. Some part of you falls for that, and then after a while, you don't fall for that.

Sam Shepard

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WinYouFallPlayImportantAura

When I was a child, doctors sent my grandmother home in a wheelchair to die. Diagnosed with end-stage heart disease, she already had so much scar tissue from bypass operations that the surgeons had essentially run out of plumbing. There was nothing more to do, they said; her life was over at 65.

Michael Greger

LifeHomeHeartChildDieRun

I mean... mankind has for hundreds of years known that torture is not a very smart way to get information. It's horrible that we're going back to medieval times.

Stellan Skarsgard

SmartInformationBackWayMean

I'm extremely proud I'm an Asian female and I'm on television, because there aren't many of us.

Su-chin Pak

ProudTelevisionAsianUsBecause

Russia is so feudal in its system of patronage and reward that it is virtually impossible for a leader to hand over power without controlling his successor or at least receiving an exemption from prosecution - something Mr. Putin granted his predecessor, Boris Yeltsin, in 1999.

Simon Sebag Montefiore

LeaderPowerImpossibleRewardHand

I've gotten so many compliments for having nice feet.

Torrie Wilson

FeetNiceComplimentsManyHaving

I want variety. I want versatility. Otherwise, I'm wasting the opportunity of being an actor, which is all about variation and change.

Toni Collette

ChangeOpportunityWantActorBeing

There are a lot of homes for boys, but very few for girls, that is why I chose to do for girls.

Miriam Makeba

WhyFewVeryLotChoseHomes

To me, a critic is someone who gets paid for their opinion, and they're entitled to that opinion but I don't really put a lot of stock into their opinion. I'm going to cut the kind of records and the kind of songs that I like, and the kind of things that I enjoy doing. If critics dig it, that's fine, if they don't, that's fine.

Jason Aldean

MeOpinionSomeoneDoingEnjoyKind

Acting in something that I'm directing... I'm really enjoying it because, if for no other reason, that particular acting is like reading my mind on every single take. It's kind of efficient, for better or worse.

Jason Bateman

MindReadingBetterActingKind

One of my favorite comedies is 'Three Amigos!' Oh my gosh, me and my brother quote that all the time.

Jason Dolley

TimeBrotherMeThreeQuoteOh

Every quarter, we give an award for a breakthrough idea even if it doesn't make it to market.

Dinesh Paliwal

AwardGiveBreakthroughMarketIdea

I want the reader to join me on an intellectual and emotional journey into some major aspect of existence.

David Shields

JourneyMeIntellectualWantJoin

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Sam Shepard