Quotes by David Mamet

Explore a curated collection of 24 quotes by David Mamet. Discover timeless wisdom, insightful thoughts, and memorable words that have inspired readers around the world. Browse through the gallery below and click on any quote to read more.

It's only words... unless they're true. — David Mamet
All drama is about lies. All drama is about something that’s hidden. A drama starts because a situation becomes imbalanc — David Mamet
You know, I once read an interesting book which said that, uh, most people lost in the wilds, they, they die of shame. Y — David Mamet
We're all put to the test... but it never comes in the form or at the point we would prefer, does it? — David Mamet
If I could go back would I do it differently? Well, I can't go back. — David Mamet
The basis of drama is ... is the struggle of the hero towards a specific goal at the end of which he realizes that what — David Mamet
We live in oppressive times. We have, as a nation, become our own thought police; but instead of calling the process by — David Mamet
...My dad, may he rest in peace, taught me many wonderful things. And one of the things he taught me was never ask a guy — David Mamet
My Alma mater is the Chicago Public Library. — David Mamet
War is tragedy. The great war stories are tragedies. It's the failure of diplomacy. 'War and Peace,' 'A Farewell to Arms — David Mamet
I understand that computers, which I once believed to be but a hermaphrodite typewriter-cum-filing cabinet, offer the cy — David Mamet
Old age and treachery will always beat youth and exuberance. — David Mamet
I'm afraid of only two things: being lazy and being cowardly. I get up early in the morning and go to work. I love to wr — David Mamet
There's nothing in the world more silent than the telephone the morning after everybody pans your play. It won't ring fr — David Mamet
One person may need (or want) more leisure, another more work; one more adventure, another more security, and so on. It — David Mamet
Liberalism is a religion. Its tenets cannot be proved, its capacity for waste and destruction demonstrated. But it affor — David Mamet
My greatest fear is that the audience will beat me to the punch line. — David Mamet
The poker player learns that sometimes both science and common sense are wrong; that the bumblebee can fly; that, perhap — David Mamet
You can't write about history without writing about politics at some point. History is about movements of people. 'What — David Mamet
Conservatives believe in smaller government and in the power of the electorate. So I think that we're less likely to try — David Mamet