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Drama Quotes by David Mamet
- Any claim to actual identification as a drama must rest upon the construction of a plot independent of the assignment of affliction to the protagonist.
- IFÂ YOU PRETEND THE CHARACTERS CANT SPEAK, AND WRITEÂ AÂ SILENT MOVIE, YOU WILLÂ BEÂ WRITING GREAT DRAMA.
- We respond to a drama to that extent to which it corresponds to our dream life.
- The subject of drama is The Lie. At the end of the drama THE TRUTH -- which has been overlooked, disregarded, scorned, and denied --…
- The basis of drama is... the struggle of the hero towards a specific goal at the end of which he realises that what kept him…
- Films have degenerated to their original operation as carnival amusement - they offer not drama but thrills.
- The main question in drama, the way I was taught, is always, 'What does the protagonist want?' That's what drama is. It comes down to…
- Every reiteration of the idea that _nothing matters_ debases the human spirit. Every reiteration of the idea that there is no drama in modern life,…
- We respond to a drama to that extent to which it corresponds to our dreamlife.
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