360 Quotes by David Mamet

The secret knowledge is there’s nobody home but us chickens. The Constitution was written by a bunch of regular guys who tried to get together and thrash out a contract under which they could get together that would keep people together.

My tendency as an actor was to correct people, was to say, ‘What if we tried it this way, what about if we tried that way?’ That’s terrible habit for an actor, but that’s a good habit for director. So I became a director.

My dad was an immigrant kid and a Democrat and a Jew, and we didn’t know any Republicans in our group. So I grew up Democratic. My dad was a labor lawyer – a very hardworking guy, a one-horse labor lawyer – and then I went to hippie college and lived in the bubble.

Always tell the truth – it’s the easiest thing to remember.

My dad was a labour lawyer, and the ideas that I grew up with – bad management, bad capitalism, robber barons – when I applied this to my own life, I saw that we are all on both sides of the coin.

Marijuana, for example, won’t help one determine the correct aspect ratio...

We all hope. It’s what keeps us alive.

Everyone needs money. That’s why they call it money.

What we’re trying to do is find two or more shots the juxtaposition of which will give us the idea.