--- title: "12 You Quotes By Sam Shepard" description: "12 You quotes by Sam Shepard. Plus more from Sam Shepard and more You sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e68/sam-shepard-2232_always_i-always-thought-the-desert-was-the-anti_1443763.jpg" --- > [I always thought the desert was the antithesis of peace - something that attacks you. So you don't go to the desert…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-shepard/i-always-thought-the-desert-was-the-antithesis-of-peace-something/) [Sam Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-shepard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e68/sam-shepard-2232_always_i-always-thought-the-desert-was-the-anti_1443763.jpg) > [On stage, you're not limited at all because you're free in language: language is the source of the imagination. You can travel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-shepard/on-stage-you-re-not-limited-at-all-because-you-re-free-in-language/) [Sam Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-shepard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f5/sam-shepard-2232_any_on-stage-you-re-not-limited-at-all-becau_485631.jpg) > [Sometimes in someone's gestures you can notice how a parent is somehow inhabiting that person without there being any awareness of that.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-shepard/sometimes-in-someone-s-gestures-you-can-notice-how-a-parent-is/) [Sam Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-shepard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9de/sam-shepard-2232_any_sometimes-in-someone-s-gestures-you-can_2624662.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) > [You sometimes use the excuse, 'I'm a writer, dammit, I can do anything I want,' but that doesn't work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-shepard/you-sometimes-use-the-excuse-i-m-a-writer-dammit-i-can-do-anything-i/) [Sam Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-shepard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c01/sam-shepard-2232_anything_you-sometimes-use-the-excuse-i-m-a-write_1447281.jpg) > [When you write a play, you work out like a musician on a piece of music. You find all the rhythms and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-shepard/when-you-write-a-play-you-work-out-like-a-musician-on-a-piece-of/) [Sam Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-shepard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df2/sam-shepard-2232_come_when-you-write-a-play-you-work-out-like_1764420.jpg) > [Writing for the theatre is so different to writing for anything else. Because what you write is eventually going to be spoken.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-shepard/writing-for-the-theatre-is-so-different-to-writing-for-anything-else/) [Sam Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-shepard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7f/sam-shepard-2232_actor_writing-for-the-theatre-is-so-different_2525920.jpg) > [The California I knew, old rancho California, is gone. It just doesn't exist, except maybe in little pockets. I lived on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-shepard/the-california-i-knew-old-rancho-california-is-gone-it-just-doesn-t/) [Sam Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-shepard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18c/sam-shepard-2232_area_the-california-i-knew-old-rancho-califor_2770910.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 never considered myself a movie star, and I didn't want to become a movie star, because as soon as you do,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-shepard/i-never-considered-myself-a-movie-star-and-i-didn-t-want-to-become-a/) [Sam Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-shepard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fda/sam-shepard-2232_away_i-never-considered-myself-a-movie-star-a_413616.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) > [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 You ## 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/you/sam-shepard/#itemlist", "name": "12 You Quotes By Sam Shepard", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I always thought the desert was the antithesis of peace - something that attacks you. 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