--- title: "4 Crafts Quotes By Sam Shepard" description: "4 Crafts quotes by Sam Shepard. Plus more from Sam Shepard and more Crafts sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f78/sam-shepard-2232_autobiographical_in-many-of-my-plays-there-was-a-kind-of_783564.jpg" --- > [In many of my plays, there was a kind of autobiographical character in the form of a son or young man. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-shepard/in-many-of-my-plays-there-was-a-kind-of-autobiographical-character-in/) [Sam Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-shepard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f78/sam-shepard-2232_autobiographical_in-many-of-my-plays-there-was-a-kind-of_783564.jpg) > [The great thing for me, now, is that writing has become more and more interesting. Not just as a craft but as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-shepard/the-great-thing-for-me-now-is-that-writing-has-become-more-and-more/) [Sam Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-shepard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b30/sam-shepard-2232_crafts_the-great-thing-for-me-now-is-that-writi_1123147.jpg) > [There are places where writing is acting and acting is writing. I'm not so interested in the divisions. I'm interested in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-shepard/there-are-places-where-writing-is-acting-and-acting-is-writing-i-m/) [Sam Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-shepard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cee/sam-shepard-2232_acting_there-are-places-where-writing-is-acting_1827950.jpg) > [ \[Rewriting is\] a whole other art form; it's about craftsmanship. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-shepard/rewriting-is-a-whole-other-art-form-it-s-about-craftsmanship/) [Sam Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-shepard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8d/sam-shepard-2232_art_rewriting-is-a-whole-other-art-form-it-s_2644986.jpg) ## Other authors on Crafts - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 10 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/crafts/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-john-lheureux-51806.jpg) John L'Heureux 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/crafts/john-l-heureux/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-robin-sharma-80451.jpg) Robin Sharma 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/crafts/robin-sharma/) - [Mark Twain 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/crafts/mark-twain/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b025/author-william-zinsser-96048.jpg) William Zinsser 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/crafts/william-zinsser/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-twyla-tharp-92503.jpg) Twyla Tharp 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/crafts/twyla-tharp/) - [Leonard Michaels 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/crafts/leonard-michaels/) - [Flannery O'Connor 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/crafts/flannery-o-connor/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-e-m-forster-31094.jpg) E. M. Forster 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/crafts/e-m-forster/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-david-hare-27538.jpg) David Hare 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/crafts/david-hare/) - [Aristotle 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/crafts/aristotle/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-amy-sedaris-12498.jpg) Amy Sedaris 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/crafts/amy-sedaris/) ## More by Sam Shepard > [I guess what I like is mostly country & western or else stuff that has a real blues feel to it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-shepard/i-guess-what-i-like-is-mostly-country-western-or-else-stuff-that-has/) [Sam Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-shepard/) > [You can write 16 plays and not make as much money as you did doing one movie.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-shepard/you-can-write-16-plays-and-not-make-as-much-money-as-you-did-doing/) [Sam Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-shepard/) > [It's funny, in a way the actor is a writer. It's not like the two things are so separate as to be like apples…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-shepard/it-s-funny-in-a-way-the-actor-is-a-writer-it-s-not-like-the-two/) [Sam Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-shepard/) > [Character is an essential tendency. It can be covered up, it can be messed with, it can be screwed around with, but it can't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-shepard/character-is-an-essential-tendency-it-can-be-covered-up-it-can-be/) [Sam Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-shepard/) > [Why would you want to be be counseled in your grief? It's too private.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-shepard/why-would-you-want-to-be-be-counseled-in-your-grief-it-s-too-private/) [Sam Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-shepard/) > [Farm country -- you know, hay, horses, cattle. It's the ideal situation for me. I like the physical endeavors that go with the farm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-shepard/farm-country-you-know-hay-horses-cattle-it-s-the-ideal-situation-for/) [Sam Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-shepard/) > [I think comedy's harder to pull off on the screen than on the stage, anyway. Tragedy is easier on the screen... oddly enough.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-shepard/i-think-comedy-s-harder-to-pull-off-on-the-screen-than-on-the-stage/) [Sam Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-shepard/) > [“Those are the most monotonous fuckin' crickets I ever heard in my life.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-shepard/those-are-the-most-monotonous-fuckin-crickets-i-ever-heard-in-my-life/) [Sam Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-shepard/) > [All good writing comes out of aloneness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-shepard/all-good-writing-comes-out-of-aloneness/) [Sam Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-shepard/) > [When I first started in film, I was terrified of the camera.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-shepard/when-i-first-started-in-film-i-was-terrified-of-the-camera/) [Sam Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-shepard/) > [I'll develop my own image. I'm an original man. A one and only. I just need some help.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-shepard/i-ll-develop-my-own-image-i-m-an-original-man-a-one-and-only-i-just/) [Sam Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-shepard/) > [When I just sit around my house and work, I can work two, three hours, and then I go off and ride a horse…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-shepard/when-i-just-sit-around-my-house-and-work-i-can-work-two-three-hours/) [Sam Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-shepard/) > [Hollywood is geared toward teenage idiocy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-shepard/hollywood-is-geared-toward-teenage-idiocy/) [Sam Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-shepard/) > [It's my private life, and it's not up for grabs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-shepard/it-s-my-private-life-and-it-s-not-up-for-grabs/) [Sam Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-shepard/) > [Keep away from fantasy. Shake off the image,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-shepard/keep-away-from-fantasy-shake-off-the-image/) [Sam Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-shepard/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/crafts/sam-shepard/#itemlist", "name": "4 Crafts Quotes By Sam Shepard", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In many of my plays, there was a kind of autobiographical character in the form of a son or young man. The purpose of it, of course, was to write about myself. That character was always the least fully realized. 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