There is no such thing as character other than the habitual action, as Mr. Aristotle told us two thousand years ago. David Mamet More Quotes by David Mamet More Quotes From David Mamet The Oscars demonstrate the will of the people to control and judge those they have elected to stand above them (much, perhaps, as in bygone days, an election celebrated the same). David Mamet one-day judging people Film is a collaborative business: bend over. David Mamet film I took the liberal view for many decades, but I believe I have changed my mind. David Mamet views mind believe The pursuit of Fashion is the attempt of the middle class to co-opt tragedy. In adopting the clothing, speech, and personal habits of those in straitened, dangerous, or pitiful circumstances, the middle class seeks to have what it feels to be the exigent and nonequivocal experiences had by those it emulates. David Mamet fashion tragedy class In Chicago, we love our crooks! David Mamet crooks chicago It's hard to write a good plot, it's very hard. David Mamet hard plot writing Each culture has its own form of staged combat, evolved from its particular method of street fighting and cleaned up for presentation as a spectacle, e.g. savate, Cornish wrestling, karate, kung-fu. David Mamet fighting wrestling culture I understand that computers, which I once believed to be but a hermaphrodite typewriter-cum-filing cabinet, offer the cyber literate increased ability to communicate. I do not think this is altogether a bad thing, however it may appear on the surface. David Mamet filing-cabinet typewriters thinking In a world we find terrifying, we ratify that which doesn't threaten us. David Mamet insecurity scary world They say you can't study Kabbalah until you are at least 40 years old. You know why? You have to have experienced at least one generation making the same mistakes as the previous one. David Mamet generations mistake years We're all put to the test... but it never comes in the form or at the point we would prefer, does it? David Mamet tests form doe We all hope. It's what keeps us alive. David Mamet alive Where in the wide history of the world do we find art created by the excessively wealthy, powerful, or educated? David Mamet powerful world art The correct unit of study is not the play; it is the scene. David Mamet scene study play 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. David Mamet hollywood violence real Movies were never an art form, they were entertainment. It just evolved into an art form from there, and it's still evolving in different ways. David Mamet entertainment way art IF YOU PRETEND THE CHARACTERS CANT SPEAK, AND WRITE A SILENT MOVIE, YOU WILL BE WRITING GREAT DRAMA. David Mamet writing character drama The popularity of disaster movies expresses a collective perception of a world threatened by irresistible and unforeseen forces which nevertheless are thwarted at the last moment. Their thinly veiled symbolic meaning might be translated thus: We are innocent of wrongdoing. We are attacked by unforeseeable forces come to harm us. We are, thus, innocent even of negligence. Though those forces are insuperable, chance will come to our aid and we shall emerge victorious. David Mamet symbolic-meaning perception tragedy I hate vacations. There's nothing to do. David Mamet vacation i-hate hate My alma mater is the Chicago Public Library. David Mamet alma-mater library chicago
