What did David Mamet mean by: IF YOU PRETEND THE CHARACTERS CANT SPEAK, AND WRITE A SILENT MOVIE, YOU WILL BE WRITING GREAT DRAMA. David Mamet Playwright · USA Copy
+ The audience requires not information but drama. Author, June 7, 2023December 25, 2024, David Mamet, Emotion, Engagement, Entertainment, 0 David Mamet Playwright · USA
My greatest fear is that the audience will beat me to the punch line. Author, January 4, 2024January 6, 2025, David Mamet, Audience, Comedy, Fear, 0 David Mamet Playwright · USA
Roll back the clock, and every possession of every great country started with a crime. Author, January 4, 2024January 6, 2025, David Mamet, History, Injustice, Power, 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
+ Fun is what you do for yourself. If somebody else does it, it’s entertainment. Author, January 5, 2024January 6, 2025, David Mamet, Enjoyment, Entertainment, Individualism, 0 David Mamet Playwright · USA
+ It’s only words… unless they’re true. Author, June 4, 2023January 2, 2025, David Mamet, Importance, Truth, Words, 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
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
The constancy of the wise is only the art of keeping disquietude to one’s self. Read explanation François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
To express truth is to write naturally, forcibly, and delicately. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
