What did David Mamet mean by: I took the liberal view for many decades, but I believe I have changed my mind. David Mamet Playwright · USA Copy
When we fear things I think that we wish for them … every fear hides a wish Author, January 4, 2024January 6, 2025, David Mamet, Desire, Fear, Psychology, 0 David Mamet Playwright · USA
We all die in the end, but there’s no reason to die in the middle. Author, January 4, 2024January 6, 2025, David Mamet, Mortality, Perspective, Resilience, 0 David Mamet Playwright · USA
It is not the constitutional prerogative of the Government to determine needs. Author, January 4, 2024January 6, 2025, David Mamet, Constitutional, Government, Needs, 0 David Mamet Playwright · USA
What we’re trying to do is find two or more shots the juxtaposition of which will give us the idea. Author, January 4, 2024January 6, 2025, David Mamet, Creativity, Interpretation, Juxtaposition, 0 David Mamet Playwright · USA
+ You can’t rely on the acting to tell the story. Author, June 18, 2023January 2, 2025, David Mamet, Dependence, Narrative, Performance, 0 David Mamet Playwright · USA
Storytelling is like sex. We all do it naturally. Some of us are better at it than others. Author, January 4, 2024January 6, 2025, David Mamet, Comparison, Creativity, Skill, 0 David Mamet Playwright · USA
All fears are one fear. Just the fear of death. And we accept it, then we are at peace. Author, January 4, 2024January 6, 2025, David Mamet, Acceptance, Death, Fear, 0 David Mamet Playwright · USA
+ Old age and treachery will always beat youth and exuberance. Author, June 6, 2023January 2, 2025, David Mamet, Age, Experience, Victory, 0 David Mamet Playwright · USA
The real function of art is to change mental patterns … making new thought possible. Jean Dubuffet Artist · France
The course of a river is almost always disapproved of by the source. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
See your disappointments as good fortune. One plan’s deflation is another’s inflation. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France