All David Mamet Quotes
- We all hope. It's what keeps us alive. Alive
- As you all know first prize is a Cadillac El Dorado. Anyone wanna see second prize? Second prize is a set of steak knives. Third… All
- Put. That coffee. Down. Coffee's for closers only. Closers
- Anyone can write five people trapped in a snowstorm. The question is how you get them into the snowstorm. It's hard to write a good… Anyone
- Invent nothing, deny nothing, speak up, stand up, stay out of school. Deny
- Anyone ever lost in the wild knows that nature wants you dead. Anyone
- At the Neighborhood Playhouse School of Theatre, Sanford Meisner said, 'When you go into the professional world, at a stock theatre somewhere, backstage, you will… Acting
- The poker player learns that sometimes both science and common sense are wrong; that the bumblebee can fly; that, perhaps, one should never trust an… Academic
- My dad was a labour lawyer, and the ideas that I grew up with - bad management, bad capitalism, robber barons - when I applied… All
- Roll back the clock, and every possession of every great country started with a crime. Clock
- I like Bach. I like Randy Newman. Bach
- The Israelis would like to live in peace within their borders; the Arabs would like to kill them all. All
- Being among my people is a delight. We Jews live among ourselves. I love it. Among
- A play is basically a long, formalistic polemic. You can write it without the poetry, and if you do, you may have a pretty good… Chekhov
- A stage play is basically a form of uber-schizophrenia. You split yourself into two minds - one being the protagonist and the other being the… Antagonist
- I look back upon my Liberal political beliefs with a sort of wonder - as another exercise in self-involvement - rewarding myself for some superiority… Another Exercise
- The honest man might observe... that no one gets something for nothing; that politicians go in poor and go out rich; that the Government screws… Believe
- We respond to a drama to that extent to which it corresponds to our dreamlife. Corresponds
- When I started out I was a failed actor. Actor
- I love the British. British
- Liberalism is a religion. Its tenets cannot be proved, its capacity for waste and destruction demonstrated. But it affords a feeling of spiritual rectitude at… Affords
- If, indeed, a firearm were more dangerous to its possessors than to potential aggressors, would it not make sense for the government to arm all… Absurd
- Life in the movie business is like the beginning of a new love affair: it's full of surprises, and you're constantly getting f*cked. Affair
- I think I'm going to have a drink. Drink