David Mamet Quotes

"Films have degenerated to their original operation as carnival amusement - they offer not drama but thrills."
-David Mamet in Movies quotes.

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

"It's only words... unless they're true."
-David Mamet

"People may or may not say what they mean... but they always say something designed to get what they want."
-David Mamet

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

"We live in oppressive times. We have, as a nation, become our own thought police; but instead of calling the process by which we limit our expression of dissent and wonder "censorship," we call it "concern for commercial viability.""
-David Mamet in Censorship quotes.

"We respond to a drama to that extent to which it corresponds to our dreamlife."
-David Mamet