--- title: "16 Way Quotes By Sam Shepard" description: "16 Way quotes by Sam Shepard. Plus more from Sam Shepard and more Way sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d62/sam-shepard-2232_hunting_people-are-starved-for-a-way-of-life-the_1101896.jpg" --- > [People are starved for a way of life - they're hunting for a way to be or to act toward the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-shepard/people-are-starved-for-a-way-of-life-they-re-hunting-for-a-way-to-be/) [Sam Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-shepard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d62/sam-shepard-2232_hunting_people-are-starved-for-a-way-of-life-the_1101896.jpg) > [Ideas emerge from plays, not the other way around.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-shepard/ideas-emerge-from-plays-not-the-other-way-around/) [Sam Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-shepard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec0/sam-shepard-2232_actor_ideas-emerge-from-plays-not-the-other-wa_580936.jpg) > [I didn't go out of my way to get into this movie stuff. I think of myself as a writer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-shepard/i-didn-t-go-out-of-my-way-to-get-into-this-movie-stuff-i-think-of/) [Sam Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-shepard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08c/sam-shepard-2232_cinema_i-didn-t-go-out-of-my-way-to-get-into-th_2409492.jpg) > [It's funny, in a way the actor is a writer. It's not like the two things are so separate as to be…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a3/sam-shepard-2232_actor_it-s-funny-in-a-way-the-actor-is-a-write_130676.jpg) > [I think most writers, in a sense, have this desire to disappear, to be absolutely anonymous, to be removed in some way:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-shepard/i-think-most-writers-in-a-sense-have-this-desire-to-disappear-to-be/) [Sam Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-shepard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd7/sam-shepard-2232_anonymous_i-think-most-writers-in-a-sense-have-thi_769950.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) > [With acting, you can find a way to make it interesting for yourself, if nobody else - even on big-budget films. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-shepard/with-acting-you-can-find-a-way-to-make-it-interesting-for-yourself-if/) [Sam Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-shepard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d26/sam-shepard-2232_acting_with-acting-you-can-find-a-way-to-make-i_2448651.jpg) > [I've come to feel that if I can't make something happen in under an hour and a half, it's not going to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-shepard/i-ve-come-to-feel-that-if-i-can-t-make-something-happen-in-under-an/) [Sam Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-shepard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35c/sam-shepard-2232_come_i-ve-come-to-feel-that-if-i-can-t-make-s_1902684.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) > [I wanted to write a play about double nature ... one that wouldn't be symbolic or metaphorical or any of that stuff.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-shepard/i-wanted-to-write-a-play-about-double-nature-one-that-wouldn-t-be/) [Sam Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-shepard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ccd/sam-shepard-2232_actor_i-wanted-to-write-a-play-about-double-na_3003141.jpg) > [I remember, as a kid, going into other people's houses. Everything was different. The smells in the kitchen were different; the clothing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-shepard/i-remember-as-a-kid-going-into-other-people-s-houses-everything-was/) [Sam Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-shepard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba2/sam-shepard-2232_family_i-remember-as-a-kid-going-into-other-peo_1853523.jpg) > [There's no way to escape the fact that we've grown up in a violent culture, we just can't get away from it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-shepard/there-s-no-way-to-escape-the-fact-that-we-ve-grown-up-in-a-violent/) [Sam Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-shepard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40e/sam-shepard-2232_continents_there-s-no-way-to-escape-the-fact-that-w_1542068.jpg) > [In real life we don't know what's going to happen next. So how can you be that way on a stage? Being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-shepard/in-real-life-we-don-t-know-what-s-going-to-happen-next-so-how-can-you/) [Sam Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-shepard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d53/sam-shepard-2232_alive_in-real-life-we-don-t-know-what-s-going_380163.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'm still very much a believer in the spontaneity of certain kinds of writing. But then you have to eventually, when you're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-shepard/i-m-still-very-much-a-believer-in-the-spontaneity-of-certain-kinds-of/) [Sam Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-shepard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1af/sam-shepard-2232_actor_i-m-still-very-much-a-believer-in-the-sp_3008977.jpg) > [People talk about the 1960s in a nostalgic way, but to me it was terrifying. People were getting assassinated. There was Vietnam.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-shepard/people-talk-about-the-1960s-in-a-nostalgic-way-but-to-me-it-was/) [Sam Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-shepard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49c/sam-shepard-2232_1960s_people-talk-about-the-1960s-in-a-nostalg_982133.jpg) ## Other authors on Way ## 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/way/sam-shepard/#itemlist", "name": "16 Way Quotes By Sam Shepard", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "People are starved for a way of life - they're hunting for a way to be or to act toward the world.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sam Shepard" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-shepard/people-are-starved-for-a-way-of-life-they-re-hunting-for-a-way-to-be/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d62/sam-shepard-2232_hunting_people-are-starved-for-a-way-of-life-the_1101896.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d62/sam-shepard-2232_hunting_people-are-starved-for-a-way-of-life-the_1101896.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d62/sam-shepard-2232_hunting_people-are-starved-for-a-way-of-life-the_1101896.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“People are starved for a way of life - they're hunting for a way to be or to act toward the world.” — Sam Shepard", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Ideas emerge from plays, not the other way around.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sam Shepard" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-shepard/ideas-emerge-from-plays-not-the-other-way-around/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec0/sam-shepard-2232_actor_ideas-emerge-from-plays-not-the-other-wa_580936.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec0/sam-shepard-2232_actor_ideas-emerge-from-plays-not-the-other-wa_580936.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec0/sam-shepard-2232_actor_ideas-emerge-from-plays-not-the-other-wa_580936.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Ideas emerge from plays, not the other way around.” — Sam Shepard", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I didn't go out of my way to get into this movie stuff. 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