Quotes by David Mamet

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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I hate vacations. There's nothing to do.

#David Mamet