David Mamet Quotes
Best 40+ David Mamet Messages, Quotes, and Images
Opportunity may knock, but it seldom nags.
We all die in the end, but there's no reason to die in the middle.
We're all put to the test... but it never comes in the form or at the point we would prefer, does it?
I hate vacations. There's nothing to do.
Luck, if there is such a thing, is either going to favor everyone equally or going to exhibit a preference for the prepared.
Train yourself for a profession that does not exist.
Being a writer in Hollywood is like going to Hitler's Eagle Nest with a great idea for a bar mitzvah.
It's only words... unless they're true.
Every fear hides a wish.
The first amendment ensures not that speech will be fair, but that it will be free. It cannot be both.
You May Also Like
Charm is more valuable than beauty. You can resist beauty, but you can't resist charm.
If you love cinema as much as I do, and not many people do, and if you are focused and actually have something to offer, you will get somewhere with it.
When you look at a movie, you look at a director's thought process.
I don't think screenwriting is therapeutic. It's actually really, really hard for me. It's not an enjoyable process.
A lot of times, we censor ourselves before the censor even gets there.
If I were to write anything at all, it would turn out to be nothing but talk about movies. In other words, take 'myself,' subtract 'movies,' and the result is 'zero.'