In my family, in the days prior to television, we liked to while away the evenings by making ourselves miserable, solely based on our ability to speak the language viciously. – David Mamet
My greatest fear is that the audience will beat me to the punch line. – David Mamet
Theres nothing in the world more silent than the telephone the morning after everybody pans your play. It wont ring from room service your mother wont be calling you. If the phone has not rung by 8 in the morning, youre dead. – David Mamet
If, indeed, a firearm were more dangerous to its possessors than to potential aggressors, would it not make sense for the government to arm all criminals, and let them accidentally shoot themselves? Is this absurd? Yes, and yet the government, of course, is arming criminals. – David Mamet
Even though I have a nice house, nice family, the rest of my generation is still in South Central L.A. My cousins, my brothers, my sisters, they dont wanna move out. They dont want to and they dont have the means to sustain it. Thats where my heart is and thats what I think about all the time. – Ice Cube