The surprise is half the battle. Many things are half the battle, losing is half the battle. Let's think about what's the whole battle.

Quote by David Mamet

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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

We respond to a drama to that extent to which it corresponds to our dreamlife.

We respond to a drama to that extent to which it corresponds to our dreamlife.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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....

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

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

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.

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...

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...

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...

I hate vacations. There's nothing to do.

I hate vacations. There's nothing to do.