We're being sold a brand new idea of patriotism. It never occurred to me that patriotism had to be advertised. Patriotism is something you deeply felt. You didn't have to wear it on your lapel or show it in your window or on a bumper sticker. That kind of patriotism does not appeal to me at all.
- Sam Shepard
More Quotes By Sam Shepard
There’s no way to escape the fact that we’ve grown up in a violent culture, we just can’t... When you hit a wall – of your own imagined limitations – just kick it in.
Love is the only disease that makes you feel better.
The fantastic thing about the theatre is that it can make something be seen that’s invisible, and that’s... It’s funny, in a way the actor is a writer. It’s not like the two things are so... There are places where writing is acting and acting is writing. I’m not so interested in the divisions.... Ideas emerge from plays, not the other way around.
Words are tools of imagery in motion.
For me, playwriting is and has always been like making a chair. Your concerns are balance, form, timing,... In real life we don’t know what’s going to happen next. So how can you be that way... When you’re looking for someone, you’re looking for some aspect of yourself, even if you don’t know it... This isn’t champagne anymore. We went through the champagne a long time ago. This is serious stuff. The... It’s one of the great tragedies of our contemporary life in America, that families fall apart. Almost everybody... Character is an essential tendency. It can be covered up, it can be messed with, it can be... Everyone wants a piece of land. It’s the only sure investment. It can never depreciate like a car...
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