360 Quotes by David Mamet

The dream and the film are the juxtaposition of images in order to answer a question.

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.

The terror and beauty of the dream come from the connection of previously unrelated mundanities of life.

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

Make the audience wonder what's going on by putting them in the same position as the protagonist.

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

The great movie can be as free of being a record of the progress of the protagonist as is a dream.

There's no such thing as talent; you just have to work hard enough.

The work of the director is the work of constructing the shot list from the script.