--- title: "12 Great Quotes By Sam Shepard" description: "12 Great quotes by Sam Shepard. Plus more from Sam Shepard and more Great sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d88/sam-shepard-2232_actor_it-s-really-great-to-see-an-actor-find-h_2825962.jpg" --- > [It's really great to see an actor find himself, in his sojourn.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-shepard/it-s-really-great-to-see-an-actor-find-himself-in-his-sojourn/) [Sam Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-shepard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d88/sam-shepard-2232_actor_it-s-really-great-to-see-an-actor-find-h_2825962.jpg) > [All of the great writers whom I admire have died. I guess the most recent one would be Marquez.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-shepard/all-of-the-great-writers-whom-i-admire-have-died-i-guess-the-most/) [Sam Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-shepard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d9/sam-shepard-2232_admire_all-of-the-great-writers-whom-i-admire-h_2576611.jpg) > [I'm not put off so much by first-time directors if the script is great. If the script isn't there, I'm not there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-shepard/i-m-not-put-off-so-much-by-first-time-directors-if-the-script-is/) [Sam Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-shepard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/153/sam-shepard-2232_directors_i-m-not-put-off-so-much-by-first-time-di_2735934.jpg) > [Directing feels great; I'm really happy to be doing this.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-shepard/directing-feels-great-i-m-really-happy-to-be-doing-this/) [Sam Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-shepard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a9/sam-shepard-2232_directing_directing-feels-great-i-m-really-happy-t_3006759.jpg) > [It's one of the great tragedies of our contemporary life in America, that families fall apart. Almost everybody has that in common.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-shepard/it-s-one-of-the-great-tragedies-of-our-contemporary-life-in-america/) [Sam Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-shepard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb5/sam-shepard-2232_america_it-s-one-of-the-great-tragedies-of-our-c_1762135.jpg) > [On every film, there are producers all over the place, and everyone's got to have an opinion. I think the screenplay is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-shepard/on-every-film-there-are-producers-all-over-the-place-and-everyone-s/) [Sam Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-shepard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/824/sam-shepard-2232_beautiful_on-every-film-there-are-producers-all-ov_1558786.jpg) > [A good actor always sets you straight. If you've written a false moment and thought it was probably pretty great, the actor's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-shepard/a-good-actor-always-sets-you-straight-if-you-ve-written-a-false/) [Sam Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-shepard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e18/sam-shepard-2232_actor_a-good-actor-always-sets-you-straight-if_709830.jpg) > [I'm a great believer in chaos. I don't believe that you start with a formula and then you fulfill the formula. Chaos…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-shepard/i-m-a-great-believer-in-chaos-i-don-t-believe-that-you-start-with-a/) [Sam Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-shepard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4e/sam-shepard-2232_because_i-m-a-great-believer-in-chaos-i-don-t-be_1216172.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) > [I feel very lucky and privileged to be a writer. I feel lucky in the sense that I can branch out into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-shepard/i-feel-very-lucky-and-privileged-to-be-a-writer-i-feel-lucky-in-the/) [Sam Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-shepard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a36/sam-shepard-2232_being_i-feel-very-lucky-and-privileged-to-be-a_609770.jpg) > [I've always felt a great affinity with music. I've felt myself to be more of a musician than anything else, though I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-shepard/i-ve-always-felt-a-great-affinity-with-music-i-ve-felt-myself-to-be/) [Sam Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-shepard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e93/sam-shepard-2232_experience_i-ve-always-felt-a-great-affinity-with-m_1088028.jpg) > [My dad was a kind of semiprofessional Dixieland-type drummer, and I learned the drums from him. When I was about twelve, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-shepard/my-dad-was-a-kind-of-semiprofessional-dixieland-type-drummer-and-i/) [Sam Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-shepard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38b/sam-shepard-2232_bass_my-dad-was-a-kind-of-semiprofessional-di_953975.jpg) ## Other authors on Great ## 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/great/sam-shepard/#itemlist", "name": "12 Great Quotes By Sam Shepard", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It's really great to see an actor find himself, in his sojourn.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sam Shepard" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-shepard/it-s-really-great-to-see-an-actor-find-himself-in-his-sojourn/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d88/sam-shepard-2232_actor_it-s-really-great-to-see-an-actor-find-h_2825962.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d88/sam-shepard-2232_actor_it-s-really-great-to-see-an-actor-find-h_2825962.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d88/sam-shepard-2232_actor_it-s-really-great-to-see-an-actor-find-h_2825962.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It's really great to see an actor find himself, in his sojourn.” — Sam Shepard", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "All of the great writers whom I admire have died. 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