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David Mamet quotes: It's not a lie. It's a gift for fiction. It's not a lie. It's a gift for fiction.
David Mamet quotes: It's hard for a Jew of my generation, an American Jew, who is philo-Zionistic, not to romanticize Israel. It's hard for a Jew of my generation, an American Jew, who is philo-Zionistic, not to romanticize Israel.
David Mamet quotes: Movies were never an art form, they were entertainment. It just evolved into an art form from there, and it's still evolving in different ways. Movies were never an art form, they were entertainment. It just evolved into an art form from there, and it's still evolving in different ways.
David Mamet quotes: Welcome to Chicago. This town stinks like a whorehouse at low tide. Welcome to Chicago. This town stinks like a whorehouse at low tide.
David Mamet quotes: Blasphemy and prayer are one. Both assert the existence of a superior power. The first, however, with conviction. Blasphemy and prayer are one. Both assert the existence of a superior power. The first, however, with conviction.
David Mamet quotes: It's hard to write a good play because it's hard to structure a plot. If you can think of it off the top of your head, so can the audience. It's hard to write a good play because it's hard to structure a plot. If you can think of it off the top of your head, so can the audience.
David Mamet quotes: I've always been more comfortable sinking while clutching a good theory than swimming with an ugly fact. I've always been more comfortable sinking while clutching a good theory than swimming with an ugly fact.
David Mamet quotes: We're all put to the test ... but it never comes in the form or at the point we would prefer, does it? We're all put to the test ... but it never comes in the form or at the point we would prefer, does it?
David Mamet quotes: I hate vacations. There's nothing to do. I hate vacations. There's nothing to do.
David Mamet quotes: Any time two characters are talking about a third, the scene is a crock of s***. Any time two characters are talking about a third, the scene is a crock of s***.
David Mamet quotes: I always thought the real violence in Hollywood isn't what's on the screen. It's what you have to do to raise the money. I always thought the real violence in Hollywood isn't what's on the screen. It's what you have to do to raise the money.
David Mamet quotes: Put. That coffee. Down. Coffee's for closers only. Put. That coffee. Down. Coffee's for closers only.
David Mamet quotes: It is the objective of the protagonist that keeps us in our seats. It is the objective of the protagonist that keeps us in our seats.
David Mamet quotes: Accepted nowhere, belonging nowhere, The Human Ant is forced to roam the world, half-ant, half-cow. Accepted nowhere, belonging nowhere, The Human Ant is forced to roam the world, half-ant, half-cow.
David Mamet quotes: The essence of jiu-jitsu is philosophy. The essence of jiu-jitsu is philosophy.
David Mamet quotes: Storytelling is like sex. We all do it naturally. Some of us are better at it than others. Storytelling is like sex. We all do it naturally. Some of us are better at it than others.
David Mamet quotes: If You can't tell it to me in one sentence, they can't put it in TV Guide. If You can't tell it to me in one sentence, they can't put it in TV Guide.
David Mamet quotes: Being a writer in Hollywood is like going to Hitler's Eagle Nest with a great idea for a bar mitzvah. Being a writer in Hollywood is like going to Hitler's Eagle Nest with a great idea for a bar mitzvah.
David Mamet quotes: It's called a confidence game. Why? Because you give me your confidence? No. Because I give you mine. It's called a confidence game. Why? Because you give me your confidence? No. Because I give you mine.
David Mamet quotes: Everybody makes their own fun. If you don't make it yourself, it isn't fun. It's entertainment. Everybody makes their own fun. If you don't make it yourself, it isn't fun. It's entertainment.
David Mamet quotes: There is a profound and ineradicable taint of antisemitism in the British. There is a profound and ineradicable taint of antisemitism in the British.
David Mamet quotes: Don't assume I'm dumb because I wear a suit and tie. Don't assume I'm dumb because I wear a suit and tie.
David Mamet quotes: A liberal pretending to be a conservative? That's like a straight person pretending to be gay to get greater acceptance. A liberal pretending to be a conservative? That's like a straight person pretending to be gay to get greater acceptance.
David Mamet quotes: The terror and beauty of the dream come from the connection of previously unrelated mundanities of life. The terror and beauty of the dream come from the connection of previously unrelated mundanities of life.
David Mamet quotes: I like Bach. I like Randy Newman. I like Bach. I like Randy Newman.
David Mamet quotes: I don't think there's any information to be gotten from television. I don't think there's any information to be gotten from television.
David Mamet quotes: I love working on a typewriter - the rhythm, the sound; it's like playing the piano, which I do, too. I love working on a typewriter - the rhythm, the sound; it's like playing the piano, which I do, too.
David Mamet quotes: People may or may not say what they mean ... but they always say something designed to get what they want. People may or may not say what they mean ... but they always say something designed to get what they want.
David Mamet quotes: We can only interpret the behavior of others through the screen we create. We can only interpret the behavior of others through the screen we create.
David Mamet quotes: It's upsetting to be a man in our society. It's upsetting to be a man in our society.
David Mamet quotes: The mind is a mill which can incessant turn, 'til its mere operation focus the stress inward and the stones grind themselves to dust. The mind is a mill which can incessant turn, 'til its mere operation focus the stress inward and the stones grind themselves to dust.
David Mamet quotes: All rhetorical questions are accusations. All rhetorical questions are accusations.
David Mamet quotes: I hate the computer. I hate their spell-check. I won't ever do e-mail. I hate the computer. I hate their spell-check. I won't ever do e-mail.
David Mamet quotes: To find beauty in the sad, hope in the midst of loss, and dignity in failure is great poetic art. To find beauty in the sad, hope in the midst of loss, and dignity in failure is great poetic art.
David Mamet quotes: When we fear things I think that we wish for them ... every fear hides a wish When we fear things I think that we wish for them ... every fear hides a wish
David Mamet quotes: The true writer must write not the acceptable but the true. The true writer must write not the acceptable but the true.
David Mamet quotes: Being among my people is a delight. We Jews live among ourselves. I love it. Being among my people is a delight. We Jews live among ourselves. I love it.
David Mamet quotes: I'm responding to the will of the people. I'm responding to the will of the people.
David Mamet quotes: Forget narrative, backstory, characterisation, exposition, all of that. Just make the audience want to know what happens next. Forget narrative, backstory, characterisation, exposition, all of that. Just make the audience want to know what happens next.
David Mamet quotes: The liberals in my neighbourhood wouldn't give away Brentwood to the Palestinians, but they want to give away Tel Aviv. The liberals in my neighbourhood wouldn't give away Brentwood to the Palestinians, but they want to give away Tel Aviv.
David Mamet quotes: The surprise is half the battle. Many things are half the battle, losing is half the battle. Let's think about what's the whole battle. The surprise is half the battle. Many things are half the battle, losing is half the battle. Let's think about what's the whole battle.
David Mamet quotes: Always be closing. Always be closing.
David Mamet quotes: Fox: It's lonely at the top.Gould: But it ain't crowded. Fox: It's lonely at the top.
Gould: But it ain't crowded.
David Mamet quotes: Old age and treachery will always beat youth and exuberance. Old age and treachery will always beat youth and exuberance.
David Mamet quotes: The audience requires not information but drama. The audience requires not information but drama.
David Mamet quotes: The greater the intellect, the more ease in its misdirection. The greater the intellect, the more ease in its misdirection.
David Mamet quotes: Before you can steal fire from the Gods you gotta be able to get coffee for the director Before you can steal fire from the Gods you gotta be able to get coffee for the director
David Mamet quotes: Today, as in ancient Rome, when all avenues of success have been traveled and all prizes won, the final prize is the delusion of godhead. Today, as in ancient Rome, when all avenues of success have been traveled and all prizes won, the final prize is the delusion of godhead.
David Mamet quotes: You can't rely on the acting to tell the story. You can't rely on the acting to tell the story.
David Mamet quotes: Almost all movie scripts contain material that cannot be filmed. Almost all movie scripts contain material that cannot be filmed.
David Mamet quotes: Film is a collaborative business: bend over. Film is a collaborative business: bend over.
David Mamet quotes: When we leave the play saying how spectacular the sets or costumes were, or how interesting the ideas, it means we had a bad time. When we leave the play saying how spectacular the sets or costumes were, or how interesting the ideas, it means we had a bad time.
David Mamet quotes: Life in the movie business is like the beginning of a new love affair: it's full of surprises, and you're constantly getting fucked. Life in the movie business is like the beginning of a new love affair: it's full of surprises, and you're constantly getting fucked.
David Mamet quotes: It is the writer's job to make the play interesting. It is the actor's job to make the performance truthful. It is the writer's job to make the play interesting. It is the actor's job to make the performance truthful.
David Mamet quotes: All fears are one fear. Just the fear of death. And we accept it, then we are at peace. All fears are one fear. Just the fear of death. And we accept it, then we are at peace.
David Mamet quotes: It is not the constitutional prerogative of the Government to determine needs. It is not the constitutional prerogative of the Government to determine needs.
David Mamet quotes: Marijuana, for example, won't help one determine the correct aspect ratio ... Marijuana, for example, won't help one determine the correct aspect ratio ...
David Mamet quotes: I'm afraid of only two things: being lazy and being cowardly. I get up early in the morning and go to work. I love to write. I'm afraid of only two things: being lazy and being cowardly. I get up early in the morning and go to work. I love to write.
David Mamet quotes: When I started out I was a failed actor. When I started out I was a failed actor.
David Mamet quotes: You got an all-out prize fight, you wait 'til the fight's over, one guy's left standing and that's how you know who's won. You got an all-out prize fight, you wait 'til the fight's over, one guy's left standing and that's how you know who's won.
David Mamet quotes: I go out there. I'm out there every day. [Pause] There is nothing out there. I go out there. I'm out there every day. [Pause] There is nothing out there.
David Mamet quotes: I tend to write a lot, which I think is the secret to being prolific. I tend to write a lot, which I think is the secret to being prolific.
David Mamet quotes: People only speak to get something. People only speak to get something.
David Mamet quotes: It's hard to write a good plot, it's very hard. It's hard to write a good plot, it's very hard.
David Mamet quotes: I took the liberal view for many decades, but I believe I have changed my mind. I took the liberal view for many decades, but I believe I have changed my mind.
David Mamet quotes: I've always been fascinated by the picaresque. I've always been fascinated by the picaresque.
David Mamet quotes: It's only words... unless they're true. It's only words... unless they're true.
David Mamet quotes: My idea of perfect happiness is a healthy family, peace between nations, and all the critics die. My idea of perfect happiness is a healthy family, peace between nations, and all the critics die.
David Mamet quotes: The work of the director is the work of constructing the shot list from the script. The work of the director is the work of constructing the shot list from the script.
David Mamet quotes: There's no such thing as talent; you just have to work hard enough. There's no such thing as talent; you just have to work hard enough.
David Mamet quotes: We all hope. It's what keeps us alive. We all hope. It's what keeps us alive.
David Mamet quotes: Make the audience wonder what's going on by putting them in the same position as the protagonist. Make the audience wonder what's going on by putting them in the same position as the protagonist.
David Mamet quotes: Get into the scene late; get out of the scene early. Get into the scene late; get out of the scene early.
David Mamet quotes: The problem play is a melodrama cleansed of invention. The problem play is a melodrama cleansed of invention.
David Mamet quotes: Always tell the truth - it's the easiest thing to remember. Always tell the truth - it's the easiest thing to remember.
David Mamet quotes: I love the British. I love the British.
David Mamet quotes: Every scene should be able to answer three questions: Who wants what from whom? What happens if they don't get it? Why now? Every scene should be able to answer three questions: Who wants what from whom? What happens if they don't get it? Why now?
David Mamet quotes: Anyone ever lost in the wild knows that nature wants you dead. Anyone ever lost in the wild knows that nature wants you dead.
David Mamet quotes: Show business is and has always been a depraved carnival. Show business is and has always been a depraved carnival.
David Mamet quotes: Where in the wide history of the world do we find art created by the excessively wealthy, powerful, or educated? Where in the wide history of the world do we find art created by the excessively wealthy, powerful, or educated?
David Mamet quotes: Encounter: Doubt, Shame, Humiliation. It will finally be worth it. Acting is more about courage than anything else. Encounter: Doubt, Shame, Humiliation. It will finally be worth it. Acting is more about courage than anything else.
David Mamet quotes: IF YOU PRETEND THE CHARACTERS CANT SPEAK, AND WRITE A SILENT MOVIE, YOU WILL BE WRITING GREAT DRAMA. IF YOU PRETEND THE CHARACTERS CANT SPEAK, AND WRITE A SILENT MOVIE, YOU WILL BE WRITING GREAT DRAMA.
David Mamet quotes: The purpose of technique is to free the unconscious. If you follow the rules ploddingly, they will allow your unconscious to be free. The purpose of technique is to free the unconscious. If you follow the rules ploddingly, they will allow your unconscious to be free.
David Mamet quotes: You know, young actors say all the time, 'Should I use my own life experience?' And my response is, 'What choice do you have?' You know, young actors say all the time, 'Should I use my own life experience?' And my response is, 'What choice do you have?'
David Mamet quotes: The images in a dream are vastly varied and magnificently interesting. The images in a dream are vastly varied and magnificently interesting.
David Mamet quotes: In practice we, in the world, must do business with each other. In practice we, in the world, must do business with each other.
David Mamet quotes: The first amendment ensures not that speech will be fair, but that it will be free. It cannot be both. The first amendment ensures not that speech will be fair, but that it will be free. It cannot be both.
David Mamet quotes: There's something in me that just wants to create dialogue. There's something in me that just wants to create dialogue.
David Mamet quotes: Roll back the clock, and every possession of every great country started with a crime. Roll back the clock, and every possession of every great country started with a crime.
David Mamet quotes: I don't really have a social life. I don't really have a social life.
David Mamet quotes: I know very well what it is to be out of work and to be cheated by employers and I know what it is to be an employer. I know very well what it is to be out of work and to be cheated by employers and I know what it is to be an employer.
David Mamet quotes: Train yourself for a profession that does not exist. Train yourself for a profession that does not exist.
David Mamet quotes: A good film script should be able to do completely without dialogue. A good film script should be able to do completely without dialogue.
David Mamet quotes: However much our quotidian cares consume us, our dreamtime is too valuable, and will be devoted to problems not susceptible to rational consideration. However much our quotidian cares consume us, our dreamtime is too valuable, and will be devoted to problems not susceptible to rational consideration.
David Mamet quotes: The audience perceives only what the actor wants to do to the other actor. The audience perceives only what the actor wants to do to the other actor.
David Mamet quotes: Well, there are those who would say it's a form of aggression.""What is?""A surprise. Well, there are those who would say it's a form of aggression."
"What is?"
"A surprise.
David Mamet quotes: Here is a sovereign talisman against regret: never do that which might engender it. Here is a sovereign talisman against regret: never do that which might engender it.
David Mamet quotes: Every fear hides a wish. Every fear hides a wish.
David Mamet quotes: The correct unit of study is not the play; it is the scene. The correct unit of study is not the play; it is the scene.
David Mamet quotes: What is our life: (Pause.) it's looking forward or it's looking back. And that's our life. That's it. Where is the moment? What is our life: (Pause.) it's looking forward or it's looking back. And that's our life. That's it. Where is the moment?

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