Author: David Mamet

Quotes

I've always been more comfortable sinking while clutching a good theory than swimming with an ugly fact.

I've always been more comfortable sinking while clutching a good theory than swimming with an ugly fact.

- David Mamet

Old age and treachery will always beat youth and exuberance.

Old age and treachery will always beat youth and exuberance.

- David Mamet

I love working on a typewriter - the rhythm, the sound; it's like playing the piano, which I do, too.

I love working on a typewriter - the rhythm, the sound; it's like playing the piano, which I do, too.

- David Mamet

Art and mass entertainment and propaganda, they can all be plotted on the same graph, but there is a difference.

Art and mass entertainment and propaganda, they can all be plotted on the same graph, but there is a difference.

- David Mamet

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

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

- David Mamet

My greatest fear is that the audience will beat me to the punch line.

My greatest fear is that the audience will beat me to the punch line.

- David Mamet

It's upsetting to be a man in our society.

It's upsetting to be a man in our society.

- David Mamet

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

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

- David Mamet

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