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… — Sam Shepard Copy Share Image
I feel like I've never had a home, you know? I feel related to the country, to this country, and yet I don't know exactly where I fit in... There's always this kind of nostalgia for a place, a place… — Sam Shepard Copy Share Image
I guess what I like is mostly country & western or else stuff that has a real blues feel to it. — Sam Shepard Copy Share Image
You can write 16 plays and not make as much money as you did doing one movie. — Sam Shepard Copy Share Image
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… — Sam Shepard Copy Share Image
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… — Sam Shepard Copy Share Image
Why would you want to be be counseled in your grief? It's too private. — Sam Shepard Copy Share Image
Farm country -- you know, hay, horses, cattle. It's the ideal situation for me. I like the physical endeavors that go with the farm… — Sam Shepard Copy Share Image
I think comedy's harder to pull off on the screen than on the stage, anyway. Tragedy is easier on the screen... oddly enough. — Sam Shepard Copy Share Image
“Those are the most monotonous fuckin' crickets I ever heard in my life.” — Sam Shepard Copy Share Image
I'll develop my own image. I'm an original man. A one and only. I just need some help. — Sam Shepard Copy Share Image
When I just sit around my house and work, I can work two, three hours, and then I go off and ride a horse… — Sam Shepard Copy Share Image
