In a restaurant one is both observed and unobserved. Joy and sorrow can be displayed and observed "unwittingly," the writer scowling naively and the diners wondering, What the hell is he doing?
"David Alan Mamet" is an American playwright, essayist, screenwriter, and film director.
As a playwright, Mamet has won a Pulitzer Prize and received Tony Award/Tony nominations for Glengarry Glen Ross (1984) and Speed-the-Plow (1988). As a screenwriter, he has received Academy Award/Oscar nominations for The Verdict (1982) and Wag the Dog (1997). Mamet's books include: The Old Religion (1997), a novel about the lynching of Leo Frank; Five Cities of Refuge: Weekly Reflections on Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy (2004), a Torah commentary with Rabbi Lawrence Kushner; The Wicked Son (2006), a study of Self-hating Jew/Jewish self-hatred and antisemitism; Bambi vs. Godzilla, a commentary on the movie business; The Secret Knowledge: On the Dismantling of American Culture (2011), a commentary on cultural and political issues; and Three War Stories (2013), a trio of novellas about the physical and psychological effects of war.
If you enjoy these quotes, be sure to check out other famous dramatists! More David Mamet on Wikipedia.Films have degenerated to their original operation as carnival amusement - they offer not drama but thrills.
I hate vacations. There's nothing to do.
We live in oppressive times. We have, as a nation, become our own thought police; but instead of calling the process by which we limit our expression of dissent and wonder "censorship," we call it "concern for commercial viability."
People may or may not say what they mean... but they always say something designed to get what they want.
It's only words... unless they're true.
A good film script should be able to do completely without dialogue.
We respond to a drama to that extent to which it corresponds to our dreamlife.
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