220 Quotes by Sam Shepard

To me, a strong sense of self isn't believing in a lot.

I am always relaxed.

All good writing comes out of aloneness.

To sit on a ranch horse that's been broken in, it's like getting in a Porsche.

More than anything, falling in love causes a certain female thing in a man to manifest, oddly enough.

If you start trying to figure out yourself from the image everyone has of you, you run into a dead end.

I've had it up to my ears with the personal mythology. It's getting kind of personally sickening. The personal stuff just turns out to be misinterpreted. I've had such an earful for so long, it's gotten tedious. I figure if you stay away from it, you're safe.

When I was a kid, we didn't have a TV until the late '50s, but I can remember watching Hopalong Cassidy, Roy Rogers, Steve McQueen, and 'Gunsmoke.'

I think comedy's harder to pull off on the screen than on the stage, anyway. Tragedy is easier on the screen... oddly enough.