David Mamet Quotes
The Israelis would like to live in peace within their borders; the Arabs would like to kill them all.
Quotes to Explore
-
If you say one gets influenced watching a character, I think it's foolish. Cinema reflects society; society rarely reflects cinema.
-
Every dogma, every philosophic or theological creed, was at its inception a statement in terms of the intellect of a certain inner experience.
-
I am inspired by life, past experiences, what's to come, women around me, art, colors, paintings, and emotions.
-
Many artists and writers have used cannabis for creative stimulation - from the writers of the world's religious masterpieces to our most irreverent satirists.
-
The Japanese version comes with a translation, but that's different from the lyrics, so people could look things up and find a translation of their own if they're interested.
-
Now, everybody knows my music. So that's really cool. A lot of kids know it. Now, when I go to a sports game, everybody knows my name.
-
What I do find enormously gratifying is the reviews my books get from the American press. They are so on the ball compared to anywhere else. It's so satisfying to get a review that conveys the reader understood precisely what I was trying to get at.
-
As an actor, I've always said, half the audience is going to love you, half is going to hate you so just live with it. It's easier that way.
-
If I were dead, then nobody in England would have to fuss about the cost of my security and whether or not I merited such special treatment for so long.
-
The one word that no politician will ever speak, is 'enough.' Enough.
-
More than anything, there are more images in evil. Evil is based far more on the visual, whereas good has no good images at all.
-
Jazz is the only music in which the same note can be played night after night but differently each time.
-
But freedom, liberty, is an attribute of the soul and it may exist even when the body is in bondage.
-
I admit that the direct model has done a lot for Dell. That's the only thing the company has ever really accomplished.
-
If a man has common sense, he has all the sense there is.
-
I never intended for the Monster Ball to be a religious experience, it just became one.
-
At school I got teased because I was so thin and awkward-looking. But the girls on TV looked similar to me. I would say to my mum, 'The girls at school are teasing me, but I look like those girls on TV.'
-
There's nobody that's ever really been able to take care of me. Johnny did for a bit. I believed what he said. Like if I said, 'What do I do?' he'd tell me. And that's what I missed when I left. I really lost that gauge of somebody I could trust.
-
If you never give up, you'll be successful.
-
We congratulate American freedom of speech and all who still believe in it.
-
Dialogue is generally the worst choice for exposition. When you're writing lines you need to focus on the way people actually talk. And when we talk to each other we never actually explain our terms. We don't say 'Sweetheart, would you pass me the sugar bowl, which we picked up for a song at that antique stall in Munich.'
-
Kids and adults are treated differently on sets. Being a kid, you can get away with anything, and it looks cute. But as an adult, it's a whole new journey.
-
The Israelis would like to live in peace within their borders; the Arabs would like to kill them all.
