“The California I knew, old rancho California, is gone. It just doesn’t exist, except maybe in little pockets. I lived on the edge of the Mojave Desert, an area that used to be farm country. There were all these fresh-produce stands with avocados and date palms. You could get a dozen artichokes for a…”— Sam Shepard, theparisreview.orgTagged: California, America's Changing Landscape
“Alcoholism is an insidious disease; until I confronted it I wasn’t aware that it was creeping up on me. I finally did AA in the hardcore down on Pico Boulevard. I said, ‘Don’t put me in with Elton John or anything, just throw me to the lions.’”— Sam Shepard, theparisreview.orgTagged: Alcoholism, Drinking, Cold Turkey