David Mamet
Born 30 November 1947
David Alan Mamet is an American author, essayist, playwright, screenwriter, and film director. His works are known for their clever, terse, sometimes vulgar dialogue and arcane stylized phrasing, as well as for their exploration of masculinity. Mamet received Tony Award nominations for Glengarry Glen Ros (1984) and Speed-the-Plow (1988), as well as the Pulitzer Prize for Glengarry Glen Ross. As a screenwriter, he received Oscar nominations for The Verdict (1982) and Wag the Dog (1997). (Source.)
Quotes
“Before you can steal fire from the Gods you gotta be able to get coffee for the director”
Bambi vs. Godzilla: On the Nature, Purpose, and Practice of the Movie Business “We don't have to worry about making it interesting; all we have to worry about is getting rid of the pig.”
Three Uses of the Knife 1996 “The good causes of the Left may generally be compared to NASCAR; they offer the diversion of watching things go excitingly around in a circle, getting nowhere.”
The Secret Knowledge “Success in life comes not from the ability to choose between the four presented answers, but from the rather more difficult and painfully acquired ability to formulate the questions.”
The Secret Knowledge “You cheated on your wife? You did it, live with it. You fuck little girls, so be it. There's an absolute morality? May be. And then what?”
Richard Roma
Quotes from Wikiquote (CC BY-SA 4.0), chosen with AI.
Books by David Mamet in order
Books by David Mamet in the order they were published, from American Buffalo (1976) to Recessional (2022).
- 1American Buffalo
American Buffalo1976 - 2A Life in the Theatre
A Life in the Theatre1977 - 3Sexual Perversity in Chicago and Duck Variations
Sexual Perversity in Chicago and Duck Variations1977 - 4Edmond
Edmond1983 - 5Glengarry Glen Ross
Glengarry Glen Ross1983 - 6Goldberg Street
Goldberg Street1985 - 7Writing in Restaurants
Writing in Restaurants1986 - 8House of Games
House of Games1987 - 9Speed-the-plow
Speed-the-plow1987 - 10Some Freaks
Some Freaks1989 - 11On Directing Film
On Directing Film1991 - 12Oleanna
Oleanna1992 - 13The Cryptogram
The Cryptogram1995 - 14Make-believe Town
Make-believe Town1996 - 15True and False
True and False1997 - 163 Uses of the Knife
3 Uses of the Knife1998 - 17The Old Neighborhood
The Old Neighborhood1998 - 18The Chinaman
The Chinaman1999 - 19Boston Marriage
Boston Marriage2000 - 20Bambi vs. Godzilla
Bambi vs. Godzilla2006 - 21Race
Race2010 - 22Theatre
Theatre2010 - 23The Secret Knowledge
The Secret Knowledge2011 - 24Recessional
Recessional2022