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Plot 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.
- Consider: for all the gobbledegook [film studio] executives spout about backstory, all that we, the audience, want to know is what happens next. That's the…
- It's hard to write a good plot, it's very hard.
- 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…
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