My old man tried to force on me a notion of what it was to be a 'man.' And it destroyed my dad.

Sam Shepard
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More Quotes By Sam Shepard
  1. I believe in my mask-- The man I made up is me I believe in my dance-- And my destiny

  2. This isn't champagne anymore. We went through the champagne a long time ago. This is serious stuff. The days of champagne are long gone.

  3. Weston: Look at my outlook. You don't envy it, right? Wesley: No.Weston: That's because it's full of poison. Infected. And you recognize poison, right? You recognize it when you see it? Wesley: Yes.Weston: Yes, you do. <span style="margin:15px; display:block"></span>I can see that you do. My...

  4. When you consider all the writers who never even had a machine. Who would have given an eyeball for a good typewriter. Any typewriter. All the ones who wrote on a matchbook covers. Paper bags. Toilet paper. Who had their writing destroyed by their jailers....

  5. I don't understand my feelings. I really don't. I don't understand how I could hate you so much after so much time. How, no matter how much I'd like to not hate you, I hate you even more. It grows.

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