--- title: "12 Kind Quotes By Sam Shepard" description: "12 Kind quotes by Sam Shepard. Plus more from Sam Shepard and more Kind sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e13/sam-shepard-2232_autobiographical_in-many-of-my-plays-there-was-a-kind-of_2676180.jpg" --- > [In many of my plays, there was a kind of autobiographical character in the form of a son or young man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-shepard/in-many-of-my-plays-there-was-a-kind-of-autobiographical-character-in-2/) [Sam Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-shepard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e13/sam-shepard-2232_autobiographical_in-many-of-my-plays-there-was-a-kind-of_2676180.jpg) > [I've been into horses as far back as I can remember. There is a particular kind here in America called the 'quarter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-shepard/i-ve-been-into-horses-as-far-back-as-i-can-remember-there-is-a/) [Sam Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-shepard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af0/sam-shepard-2232_america_i-ve-been-into-horses-as-far-back-as-i-c_3112466.jpg) > [When I first started, I didn't really know how to structure a play. I could write dialogue, but I just sort of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-shepard/when-i-first-started-i-didn-t-really-know-how-to-structure-a-play-i/) [Sam Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-shepard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/312/sam-shepard-2232_communication_when-i-first-started-i-didn-t-really-kno_628618.jpg) > [When you see the way things deteriorate before your very eyes. Everything running down hill. It's kind of silly to even think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-shepard/when-you-see-the-way-things-deteriorate-before-your-very-eyes/) [Sam Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-shepard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/65f/sam-shepard-2232_deteriorate_when-you-see-the-way-things-deteriorate_2629011.jpg) > [We're being sold a brand new idea of patriotism. It never occurred to me that patriotism had to be advertised. Patriotism is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-shepard/we-re-being-sold-a-brand-new-idea-of-patriotism-it-never-occurred-to/) [Sam Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-shepard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48c/sam-shepard-2232_appeals_we-re-being-sold-a-brand-new-idea-of-pat_915671.jpg) > [All that stuff about my father and my childhood is interesting up to a certain point, but I kind of capsized with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-shepard/all-that-stuff-about-my-father-and-my-childhood-is-interesting-up-to/) [Sam Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-shepard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8c/sam-shepard-2232_certain_all-that-stuff-about-my-father-and-my-ch_2024479.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) > [Writing for theatre is certainly different to writing an essay or any other kind of fiction or prose: it's physical. You're also…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-shepard/writing-for-theatre-is-certainly-different-to-writing-an-essay-or-any/) [Sam Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-shepard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5b/sam-shepard-2232_also_writing-for-theatre-is-certainly-differe_2069795.jpg) > [I've had it up to my ears with the personal mythology. It's getting kind of personally sickening. The personal stuff just turns…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-shepard/i-ve-had-it-up-to-my-ears-with-the-personal-mythology-it-s-getting/) [Sam Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-shepard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f5/sam-shepard-2232_figure_i-ve-had-it-up-to-my-ears-with-the-perso_1930944.jpg) > [I don't get offered leading parts. I suppose I've become a kind of character actor or sideman. I think it had to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-shepard/i-don-t-get-offered-leading-parts-i-suppose-i-ve-become-a-kind-of/) [Sam Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-shepard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec1/sam-shepard-2232_actor_i-don-t-get-offered-leading-parts-i-supp_2674805.jpg) > [I feel like I've never had a home, you know? I feel related to the country, to this country, and yet I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-shepard/i-feel-like-i-ve-never-had-a-home-you-know-i-feel-related-to-the/) [Sam Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-shepard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c5/sam-shepard-2232_country_i-feel-like-i-ve-never-had-a-home-you-kn_2553080.jpg) > [My son, Walker, has a band called The Dust Busters. You know, he plays banjo, fiddle, guitar, and mandolin, so a lot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-shepard/my-son-walker-has-a-band-called-the-dust-busters-you-know-he-plays/) [Sam Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-shepard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/934/sam-shepard-2232_band_my-son-walker-has-a-band-called-the-dust_872035.jpg) ## Other authors on Kind ## 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/kind/sam-shepard/#itemlist", "name": "12 Kind Quotes By Sam Shepard", "numberOfItems": 12, "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.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sam Shepard" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-shepard/in-many-of-my-plays-there-was-a-kind-of-autobiographical-character-in-2/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e13/sam-shepard-2232_autobiographical_in-many-of-my-plays-there-was-a-kind-of_2676180.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e13/sam-shepard-2232_autobiographical_in-many-of-my-plays-there-was-a-kind-of_2676180.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e13/sam-shepard-2232_autobiographical_in-many-of-my-plays-there-was-a-kind-of_2676180.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In many of my plays, there was a kind of autobiographical character in the form of a son or young man.” — Sam Shepard", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I've been into horses as far back as I can remember. 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