Sam Shepard

“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.”

“I hate endings. Just detest them. Beginnings are definitely the most exciting, middles are perplexing and endings are a disaster.”

“Words are tools that you have to sharpen constantly.”

“I think the place of the writer in society is to be the voice of the sullen, rebellious, defiant, and desperate.”

“The great thing about the theater is that you can't lie. You can't fake it.”

“I had a real yearning to make use of the music that was inside me.”

“I was never a joiner. I was never in a club. I was never in a gang.”

“Every time I've had a breakthrough in my writing, it's been because I've been able to stumble upon a character who has a massive secret.”

“I'm interested in the mystery of the family. It's a dark and shadowy place.”

“The West is a very powerful myth. It's a place where you can go to reinvent yourself.”

“I think humor is a great way to get to the truth.”

“You can't escape the past in family. You can't escape the past in life.”

“I don't want to be a celebrity. I want to be a writer.”

“When you hit a wall, just kick it in.”

“You can't make a myth on purpose. Myths are manifestations of the unconscious.”