Sam Shepard

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born

in Fort Sheridan, Illinois, The United States

November 06, 1943

gender

male

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Literature & Fiction, Theater

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Sam Shepard is an American artist who worked as an award-winning playwright, writer and actor. His many written works are known for being frank and often absurd, as well as for having an authentic sense of the style and sensibility of the gritty modern American west. He is an actor of the stage and motion pictures; a director of stage and film; author of several books of short stories, essays, and memoirs; and a musician.

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Sam Shepard's Books

Average rating: 3.97 · 11,644 ratings · 448 reviews · 59 distinct works · Similar authors

	Buried Child 3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 2,657 ratings — published 1979 — 7 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Seven Plays: Buried Child / Curse of the Starving Class / The Tooth of Crime / La Turista / Tongues / Savage Love / True West by Sam Shepard, Richard Gilman (Introduction) 4.19 of 5 stars 4.19 avg rating — 2,385 ratings — published 1981 — 8 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	True West 3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 2,138 ratings — published 1981 — 7 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fool for Love and Other Plays by Sam Shepard, Ross Wetzsteon (Introduction) 4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 1,165 ratings — published 1984 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fool for Love 3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 466 ratings — published 1983 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Lie of the Mind 3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 426 ratings — published 1986 — 8 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Motel Chronicles 4.16 of 5 stars 4.16 avg rating — 334 ratings — published 1982 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cruising Paradise 4.01 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 342 ratings — published 1996 — 10 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Curse of the Starving Class 3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 265 ratings — published 1998	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Great Dream of Heaven 3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 334 ratings — published 1999 — 15 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“I believe in my mask-- The man I made up is me
I believe in my dance-- And my destiny”
― Sam Shepard

tags: disguises, faith, idenity, lies, lying, masks, personality, self-deception

30 people liked it

“You can’t keep messing me around like this. It’s been going on too long. I can’t take it anymore. I get sick every time you come around. Then I get sick when you leave. You’re like a disease to me.”
― Sam Shepard, Fool for Love

tags: hate, love, lovers

15 people liked it

“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.”
― Sam Shepard, Fool for Love

tags: betrayal, hate, love

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