What did David Mamet mean by: Many players will not improve because they cannot bear self-knowledge. - David Mamet Playwright · USA Copy
+ I took the liberal view for many decades, but I believe I have changed my mind. Feraz Zeid, January 4, 2024January 7, 2024, David Mamet, Believe, Mind, 0 - David Mamet Playwright · USA
+ The audience requires not information but drama. Feraz Zeid, June 7, 2023January 10, 2024, David Mamet, Audience, Drama, Information, 0 - David Mamet Playwright · USA
+ It is the objective of the protagonist that keeps us in our seats. Feraz Zeid, January 4, 2024January 7, 2024, David Mamet, Objectives, Seats, 0 - David Mamet Playwright · USA
+ Fun is what you do for yourself. If somebody else does it, it’s entertainment. Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, David Mamet, Entertainment, Fun, 0 - David Mamet Playwright · USA
+ All of us. All of us. We’re doomed. Feraz Zeid, June 24, 2023December 12, 2023, David Mamet, Doomed, 0 - David Mamet Playwright · USA
+ The great movie can be as free of being a record of the progress of the protagonist as is a dream. Feraz Zeid, January 4, 2024January 7, 2024, David Mamet, Dream, Progress, Records, 0 - David Mamet Playwright · USA
+ The audience perceives only what the actor wants to do to the other actor. Feraz Zeid, January 4, 2024January 7, 2024, David Mamet, Actor, Perceive, 0 - David Mamet Playwright · USA
+ Don’t assume I’m dumb because I wear a suit and tie. Feraz Zeid, October 1, 2023December 26, 2023, David Mamet, Dumb, Suits, Ties, 0 - David Mamet Playwright · USA
The constancy of the wise is only the art of keeping disquietude to one’s self. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
The most amiable people are those who least wound the self-love of others. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
If self-knowledge is the road to virtue, so is virtue still more the road to self-knowledge. - Jean Paul Writer · Germany
Our self-love can be resigned to the sacrifice of everything but itself. - Jean-Francois de La Harpe Playwright · France
That’s what existence means: draining one’s own self dry without the sense of thirst. Explain - Jean-Paul Sartre Philosopher · France
Time is a player. Time is part of today, not simply a measure of its passing. - Jeanette Winterson Author · England
There are so many separate selves; no one who writes creatively hasn’t felt that. - Jeanette Winterson Author · England
