David Mamet

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

In a world we find terrifying, we ratify that which doesn't threaten us.
-David Mamet

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.
-David Mamet

Every reiteration of the idea that nothing matters debases the human spirit.
-David Mamet

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

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

Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
-David Mamet