Old age and treachery will always beat youth and exuberance. David Mamet on age
In practice we, in the world, must do business with each other. David Mamet on business
I understand that computers, which I once believed to be but a hermaphrodite typewriter-cum-filing cabinet, offer the cyber literate increased ability to communicate. I do not think this is altogether a bad thing, however it may appear on the surface. David Mamet on computers
Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status. David Mamet on death
You know, young actors say all the time, 'Should I use my own life experience?' And my response is, 'What choice do you have?' David Mamet on experience
In my family, in the days prior to television, we liked to while away the evenings by making ourselves miserable, solely based on our ability to speak the language viciously. David Mamet on family
My idea of perfect happiness is a healthy family, peace between nations, and all the critics die. David Mamet on family
One person may need (or want) more leisure, another more work one more adventure, another more security, and so on. It is this diversity that makes a country, indeed a state, a city, a church, or a family, healthy. 'One-size-fits-all,' and that size determined by the State has a name, and that name is 'slavery.' David Mamet on family
My greatest fear is that the audience will beat me to the punch line. David Mamet on fear
When the three branches of government have failed to represent the citizenry and the mass of the media has failed to represent the citizenry, then the citizenry better represent the citizenry. David Mamet on government
It is not the constitutional prerogative of the Government to determine needs. David Mamet on government
The government, for example, has determined that black people (somehow) have fewer abilities than white people, and, so, must be given certain preferences. Anyone acquainted with both black and white people knows this assessment is not only absurd but monstrous. And yet it is the law. David Mamet on government
The Founders recognized that Government is quite literally a necessary evil, that there must be opposition, between its various branches, and between political parties, for these are the only ways to temper the individual's greed for power and the electorates' desires for peace by submission to coercion or blandishment. David Mamet on government
If, indeed, a firearm were more dangerous to its possessors than to potential aggressors, would it not make sense for the government to arm all criminals, and let them accidentally shoot themselves? Is this absurd? Yes, and yet the government, of course, is arming criminals. David Mamet on government
My idea of perfect happiness is a healthy family, peace between nations, and all the critics die. David Mamet on happiness
There's nothing in the world more silent than the telephone the morning after everybody pans your play. It won't ring from room service your mother won't be calling you. If the phone has not rung by 8 in the morning, you're dead. David Mamet on morning
Movies were never an art form, they were entertainment. It just evolved into an art form from there, and it's still evolving in different ways. David Mamet on movies
Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status. David Mamet on peace
My idea of perfect happiness is a healthy family, peace between nations, and all the critics die. David Mamet on peace
The Founders recognized that Government is quite literally a necessary evil, that there must be opposition, between its various branches, and between political parties, for these are the only ways to temper the individual's greed for power and the electorates' desires for peace by submission to coercion or blandishment. David Mamet on peace