David Mamet Quotes

I hate vacations. There's nothing to do. - David Mamet

I grew up in a tough neighborhood and we used to say you can get further with a kind word and a gun than just a kind word. - David Mamet

I always thought the real violence in Hollywood isn't what's on the screen. It's what you have to do to raise the money. - David Mamet

Every reiteration of the idea that nothing matters debases the human spirit. - David Mamet

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

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

A dramatic experience concerned with the mundane may inform but it cannot release; and one concerned essentially with the aesthetic politics of its creators may divert or anger, but it cannot enlighten. - David Mamet

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