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Though critical not only of the system of production of films but of the film medium itself, Shepard admitts that he would consider filming one of his plays, "Buried Child." Movies are "a kind of a ruse--an art ruse," Shepard says. "I don't feel like they have any real power to get inside, like theatre...
Though many of the questioners tried to pin Shepard down to descriptions of his own work, Shepard--as he has done in the past-refuses to be categorized. "I've got nothing to say," says the humble Shepard. He explains that the motivation for his work is not to convey any specific message, but varies from play to play...
...Shepard deflects attempts by the audience to intellectualize his writing and directing. "You can't categorize these things," Shepard reiterates. "Life is too interesting to make it fixed...
...Shepard fends off such questions as "Do you believe in God?" ("What God?") and "How do you approach Shakespeare?" ("I don't approach him.") For Shepard--who never attended college--the role of expert dramatist is still a novelty. "Now, to find it's inverted like that is shocking," he says...
...gave a little concrete advice to aspiring playwrights. "You have to sit down and write...I mean, Nabokov wrote standing up," Shepard says, eliciting a big laugh...