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Able Quotes by David Mamet
- Before you can steal fire from the Gods you gotta be able to get coffee for the director
- A good film script should be able to do completely without dialogue.
- Every scene should be able to answer three questions: "Who wants what from whom? What happens if they don't get it? Why now?
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