It's hard to explain why exactly, but I think that when I began writing plays, it was from an actor's point of view more than anything. I had the feeling that if you put yourself in the position of the actor on stage and write from that perspective, it would give you a certain advantage in terms of being inside of the play.
Sam ShepardYou canโt keep messing me around like this. Itโs been going on too long. I canโt take it anymore. I get sick every time you come around. Then I get sick when you leave. Youโre like a disease to me.
Sam ShepardI still haven't gotten over this thing of walking down the street and somebody recognizing you because you've been in a movie. There's this illusion that movie stars only exist in the movies. And to see one live is like seeing a leopard let out of the zoo.
Sam Shepard