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Here is a sovereign talisman against regret: never do that which might engender it.
David Mamet
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David Mamet
Age: 76
Born: 1947
Born: November 30
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David Alen Mamet
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I always thought the real violence in Hollywood isn't what's on the screen. It's what you have to do to raise the money.
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If you're writing an opinion piece, it's your job to write your opinion. If, on the other hand, you wrote a novel, as Virginia Woolf tells us, it would be inappropriate if you let your novel be influenced by your political opinions.
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Storytelling is like sex. We all do it naturally. Some of us are better at it than others.
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The audience requires not information but drama.
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I love Superman. I'm a big fan of anyone who can make his living in his underwear.
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I love working on a typewriter - the rhythm, the sound it's like playing the piano, which I do, too.
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