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Quote by Sam Shepard

“You can't make a living as a playwright. You can barely scrape by.”

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Sam Shepard, an American playwright, actor, and director, was born on November 5, 1943. Known for his unique narrative style and profound emotional expression, he is considered an outstanding representative of American theater. more

“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, it's part of our heritage. I think part of it is that we've always felt somewhat helpless in the face of this vast continent. Helplessness is answered in many ways, but one of them is violence.”

Thinking Way Facts Faces Culture Felt Violence Violent Get Away Heritage Continents Helpless Helplessness

Author:Sam Shepard

“To sing a song is quite different than to write a poem. I'm not and never will be a novelist, but to write a novel is not the same thing as writing a play. There is a difference in form, but essentially what you're after is the same thing.”

Writing Different Play Form Song Differences Novel Novelists

Author:Sam Shepard

“In the beginning, all I wanted to do was to be a singer and a dancer. That was my real groove, my real interest. When it came to doing films, my biggest goal was to do a commercial.”

Real Wanted Film Goal Interest Singers Dancer Groove

Author:Wesley Snipes

“Shall hope prevail where clamorous hate is rife, Shall sweet love prosper or high dreams have place Amid the tumult of reverberant strife 'Twixt ancient creeds, 'twixt race and ancient race, That mars the grave, glad purposes of life, Leaving no refuge save thy succoring face?”

Dream Faces Purpose Hate Hope Race Sweet Leaving Ancient Glad Graves Purpose Of Life Creeds Refuge Mars Strife Sweet Love Tumult

Book:Struggle for independence: Indian freedom fighters. Sarojini Naidu

Source: Struggle for independence: Indian freedom fighters. Sarojini Naidu

“Nay, do not grieve tho' life be full of sadness, Dawn will not veil her spleandor for your grief, Nor spring deny their bright, appointed beauty To lotus blossom and ashoka leaf. Nay, do not pine, tho' life be dark with trouble, Time will not pause or tarry on his way; To-day that seems so long, so strange, so bitter, Will soon be some forgotten yesterday. Nay, do not weep; new hopes, new dreams, new faces, The unspent joy of all the unborn years, Will prove your heart a traitor to its sorrow, And make your eyes unfaithful to their tears.”

Source: The Bird of Time: Songs of Life, Death & the Spring

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