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Storytelling is like sex. We all do it naturally. Some of us are better at it than others.
David Mamet
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David Mamet
Age: 76
Born: 1947
Born: November 30
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Characters on stage, like people in what we refer to as real life, do not speak to reveal themselves. They do not speak to conceal themselves. They speak to get whatever it is that they want. It is the only reason they speak.
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War is tragedy. The great war stories are tragedies. It's the failure of diplomacy. 'War and Peace,' 'A Farewell to Arms,' 'For Whom the Bell Tolls.' Those are some of the greatest tragedies.
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Obama is a tyrant the same way FDR was a tyrant. He has a view of presidential power that states: the government is in control of the country, and the president is in charge of the government. He's taken an imperial view of the presidency.
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I won't ever do e-mail.
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I love all insider memoirs. It doesn't matter whether it's truck-drivers or doctors. I think everybody likes to go backstage, find out what people think and what they talk about and what specialised job they have.
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You get rich through luck. You get rich through crime. You get rich through fulfilling the needs of another. You can be as greedy as you like. If you can’t do one of those three things, you ain’t going to get any money.
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Do not internalize the industrial model. You are not one of the myriad interchangeable pieces, but a unique human being, and if you've got something to say, say it, and think well of yourself while you're learning to say it better.
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Everybody makes their own fun. If you don't make it yourself, it isn't fun. It's entertainment.
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I'm not the guy to ask about politics. I'm a gag writer.
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Every fear hides a wish.
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Being among my people is a delight. We Jews live among ourselves. I love it.
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People ask me, 'What do you do?' And I tell them I'm a writer, but always with the silent reservation, 'I am, of course, not really a writer. Hemingway was a writer.'
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The Israelis would like to live in peace within their borders the Arabs would like to kill them all.
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I hate vacations. There's nothing to do.
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