You know, young actors say all the time, Should I use my own life experience? And my response is, What choice do you have? – David Mamet
My greatest fear is that the audience will beat me to the punch line. – David Mamet

You know, young actors say all the time, Should I use my own life experience? And my response is, What choice do you have? – David Mamet
My greatest fear is that the audience will beat me to the punch line. – David Mamet
The product of the artist has become less important than the fact of the artist. We wish to absorb this person. We wish to devour someone who has experienced the tragic. In our society this person is much more important than anything he might create. – David Mamet
The government, for example, has determined that black people (somehow) have fewer abilities than white people, and, so, must be given certain preferences. Anyone acquainted with both black and white people knows this assessment is not only absurd but monstrous. And yet it is the law. – David Mamet