David Alan Mamet (born November 30, 1947) is an American playwright, essayist, screenwriter, and film director.
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. Use this quote
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. Use this quote
I'm not the guy to ask about politics. I'm a gag writer. Use this quote
Liberalism is a religion. Its tenets cannot be proved, its capacity for waste and destruction demonstrated. But it affords a feeling of spiritual rectitude at little or no cost. Use this quote
The product of the artist has become less important than the fact of the artist. We wish to absorb this person. We wish to devour someone who has experienced the tragic. In our society this person is much more important than anything he might create. Use this quote
It's upsetting to be a man in our society. Use this quote
