Mamet

Famous quotes containing the word mamet:

“We respond to a drama to that extent to which it corresponds to our dreamlife.”
—David Mamet (b. 1947)

“In a world we find terrifying, we ratify that which doesn’t threaten us.”
—David Mamet (b. 1947)

“The problems of the world, AIDS, cancer, nuclear war, pollution, are, finally, no more solvable than the problem of a tree which has borne fruit: the apples are overripe and they are falling—what can be done?... Nothing can be done, and nothing needs to be done. Something is being done—the organism is preparing to rest.”
—David Mamet (b. 1947)