David Mamet Quote
RomaLingkRoma * * * . . . Eh? What I’m saying, what is our life? It’s looking forward or it’s looking back. And that’s our life. That’s Where is the ? And what is it that we’re afraid of? Loss. What else? The closes. We get , my wife died on a plane, the stock market collapsed . . . the house burnt down . . . what of these happen . . . ? None of ’em. We worry anyway. What does this mean? I’m not How can I be secure? Through amassing wealth beyond all measure? No. And what’s beyond all measure? That’s a sickness. That’s a trap. There is no measure. Only greed. How can we act? The right way, we would say, to deal with this: There is a one-in-a million chance that so and so will happen. . . . it, it won’t happen to No. We know that’s not the right way I think. We say the way to deal with this is There is a one-in-so-and-so chance that this will happen . . . God me. I am powerless, let it not happen to me. . . . But no to . I say. There’s something else. What is it? If it happens, AS IT MAY for that is not within our powers, I will with it, just as I do with what draws my concern today. I say is how we must act. I do those things which seem correct to me . I trust myself. And if security concerns me, I do that which today I think will make me secure. And every day I that, when that day that I need a reserve, (a) odds are that I have it, and (b) the reserve that I have is the strength that I have of without fear. According to the dictates of my mind.
RomaLingkRoma * * * . . . Eh? What I’m saying, what is our life? It’s looking forward or it’s looking back. And that’s our life. That’s Where is the ? And what is it that we’re afraid of? Loss. What else? The closes. We get , my wife died on a plane, the stock market collapsed . . . the house burnt down . . . what of these happen . . . ? None of ’em. We worry anyway. What does this mean? I’m not How can I be secure? Through amassing wealth beyond all measure? No. And what’s beyond all measure? That’s a sickness. That’s a trap. There is no measure. Only greed. How can we act? The right way, we would say, to deal with this: There is a one-in-a million chance that so and so will happen. . . . it, it won’t happen to No. We know that’s not the right way I think. We say the way to deal with this is There is a one-in-so-and-so chance that this will happen . . . God me. I am powerless, let it not happen to me. . . . But no to . I say. There’s something else. What is it? If it happens, AS IT MAY for that is not within our powers, I will with it, just as I do with what draws my concern today. I say is how we must act. I do those things which seem correct to me . I trust myself. And if security concerns me, I do that which today I think will make me secure. And every day I that, when that day that I need a reserve, (a) odds are that I have it, and (b) the reserve that I have is the strength that I have of without fear. According to the dictates of my mind.
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About David Mamet
Feature films that Mamet both wrote and directed include House of Games (1987), Homicide (1991), The Spanish Prisoner (1997), and his biggest commercial success, Heist (2001). His screenwriting credits include The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981), The Verdict (1982), The Untouchables (1987), Hoffa (1992), Wag the Dog (1997), and Hannibal (2001). Mamet himself wrote the screenplay for the 1992 adaptation of Glengarry Glen Ross, and wrote and directed the 1994 adaptation of his play Oleanna (1992). He created and produced the CBS series The Unit (2006–2009).
Mamet's books include: On Directing Film (1991), a commentary and dialogue about film-making; The Old Religion (1997), a novel about the lynching of Leo Frank; Five Cities of Refuge: Weekly Reflections on Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy (2004), a Torah commentary with Rabbi Lawrence Kushner; The Wicked Son (2006), a study of Jewish self-hatred and antisemitism; Bambi vs. Godzilla, a commentary on the movie business; The Secret Knowledge: On the Dismantling of American Culture (2011), a commentary on cultural and political issues; Three War Stories (2013), a trio of novellas about the physical and psychological effects of war; and Everywhere an Oink Oink: An Embittered, Dyspeptic, and Accurate Report of Forty Years in Hollywood (2023), an autobiographical account of his experiences in Hollywood.