Films have degenerated to their original operation as carnival amusement - they offer not drama but thrills.

Quote by David Mamet

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Always tell the truth - it's the easiest thing to remember

Always tell the truth - it's the easiest thing to remember

In a world we find terrifying, we ratify that which doesn't threaten us.

In a world we find terrifying, we ratify that which doesn't threaten us.

A good film script should be able to do completely without dialogue.

A good film script should be able to do completely without dialogue.

Films have degenerated to their original operation as carnival amusement - they offer not drama...

Films have degenerated to their original operation as carnival amusement - they offer not drama...

I hate vacations. There's nothing to do.

I hate vacations. There's nothing to do.

People may or may not say what they mean... but they always say something designed...

People may or may not say what they mean... but they always say something designed...

The product of the artist has become less important than the fact of the artist....

The product of the artist has become less important than the fact of the artist....

The surprise is half the battle. Many things are half the battle, losing is half...

The surprise is half the battle. Many things are half the battle, losing is half...

Always tell the truth - it's the easiest thing to remember.

Always tell the truth - it's the easiest thing to remember.

Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public...

Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public...

Life in the movie business is like the beginning of a new love affair: it's...

Life in the movie business is like the beginning of a new love affair: it's...

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

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

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

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

A dramatic experience concerned with the mundane may inform but it cannot release; and one...

A dramatic experience concerned with the mundane may inform but it cannot release; and one...

I grew up in a tough neighborhood and we used to say you can get...

I grew up in a tough neighborhood and we used to say you can get...

We Americans have always considered Hollywood, at best, a sinkhole of depraved venality. And, of...

We Americans have always considered Hollywood, at best, a sinkhole of depraved venality. And, of...

I always thought the real violence in Hollywood isn't what's on the screen. It's what...

I always thought the real violence in Hollywood isn't what's on the screen. It's what...

Jean Harlow [Hollywood's sexy actress] kept calling Margot Asquith by her first name, or kept...

Jean Harlow [Hollywood's sexy actress] kept calling Margot Asquith by her first name, or kept...

That was my one big Hollywood hit, but, in a way, it hurt my picture...

That was my one big Hollywood hit, but, in a way, it hurt my picture...

I came out here with one suit and everybody said I looked like a bum....

I came out here with one suit and everybody said I looked like a bum....