I used to think I'd like to be a fireman - in fact, I still would - and the only drawback I could see was coming back to the firehouse, after a day of fighting fires, and still having to put in an eight-hour day writing. David Mamet backcomeday share on social
A play is basically a long, formalistic polemic. You can write it without the poetry, and if you do, you may have a pretty good play. We know this because we see plays in translation. Not many people speak Norwegian or Danish or whatever guys like Ibsen spoke, or Russian - yet we understand Chekhov and the others. David Mamet basicallychekhovdanish share on social
There is a profound and ineradicable taint of antisemitism in the British. David Mamet antisemitismbritishineradicable Change image and share on social
The main question in drama, the way I was taught, is always, 'What does the protagonist want?' That's what drama is. It comes down to that. It's not about theme, it's not about ideas, it's not about setting, but what the protagonist wants. David Mamet dramaideamain share on social
My dad was a labour lawyer, and the ideas that I grew up with - bad management, bad capitalism, robber barons - when I applied this to my own life, I saw that we are all on both sides of the coin. David Mamet applybadbaron Change image and share on social
Mixed martial arts was invented by Brazilians, whose families had been trained by the Japanese. Those Brazilians came to the U.S., where their invention was bought out, gussied up and presented to the world, which found it good. David Mamet artbrazilianbuy share on social
I don't think there's any information to be gotten from television. David Mamet informationtelevision Change image and share on social
I'm afraid of only two things: being lazy and being cowardly. David Mamet afraidcowardlylazy Change image and share on social
I've always been fascinated by the picaresque. David Mamet fascinatehavepicaresque Change image and share on social
Art and mass entertainment and propaganda, they can all be plotted on the same graph, but there is a difference. David Mamet artdifferenceentertainment Change image and share on social