David Mamet

Every reiteration of the idea that _nothing matters_ debases the human spirit. Every reiteration of the idea that there is no drama…

— David Mamet

There's nothing in the world more silent than the telephone the morning after everybody pans your play. It won't ring from room…

— David Mamet

The government, for example, has determined that black people (somehow) have fewer abilities than white people, and, so, must be given certain…

— David Mamet

It's only words... unless they're true.

— David Mamet

“Today, as in ancient Rome, when all avenues of success have been traveled and all prizes won, the final prize is the…

— David Mamet

All of us. All of us. We're doomed.

— David Mamet

There is a profound and ineradicable taint of antisemitism in the British.

— David Mamet

No one enjoys being equal.

— David Mamet

Every reiteration of the idea that nothing matters debases the human spirit.

— David Mamet

The audience will teach you how to act and the audience will teach you how to write and to direct. The classroom…

— David Mamet

“ [A Chinese Restaurant.] Roma is seated alone at the booth. Lingk is at the booth next to him. Roma is talking…

— David Mamet

I grew up in a tough neighborhood and we used to say you can get further with a kind word and a…

— David Mamet

I don't really have a social life.

— David Mamet

Here is a sovereign talisman against regret: never do that which might engender it.

— David Mamet

They say you can't study Kabbalah until you are at least 40 years old. You know why? You have to have experienced…

— David Mamet

Old age and treachery will always beat youth and exuberance.

— David Mamet

I tend to write a lot, which I think is the secret to being prolific.

— David Mamet

Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to…

— David Mamet

I've been alienating my public since I was 20 years old.

— David Mamet

“Fox: It's lonely at the top. Gould: But it ain't crowded.”

— David Mamet

Characters on stage, like people in what we refer to as "real life," do not speak to reveal themselves. They do not…

— David Mamet

As you all know first prize is a Cadillac El Dorado. Anyone wanna see second prize? Second prize is a set of…

— David Mamet

“All drama is about lies. All drama is about something that’s hidden. A drama starts because a situation becomes imbalanced by a…

— David Mamet

“When you come into the theater, you have to be willing to say, "We're all here to undergo a communion, to find…

— David Mamet

“Well, there are those who would say it’s a form of aggression." "What is?" "A surprise.”

— David Mamet