David Mamet Quotes

People ask me, 'What do you do?' And I tell them I'm a writer, but always with the silent reservation, 'I am, of course, not really a writer. Hemingway was a writer.'

David Mamet

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My dad calls me 'Mac' a lot, from 'Mike Tyson's Punch Out' - Little Mac is the main character. I was obsessed. I can still beat Mike Tyson on 'Punch Out.'

Mayer Hawthorne

CharacterMeI CanOutLittleBeat

The advantage we have as Americans is that we can be fair; we tend to be more open-minded about different styles of wine.

Robert M. Parker, Jr.

WineMoreFairOpen-MindedDifferent

We need schools like Doon and Mayo for the poor.

Shiv Nadar

PoorNeedLikeMayoSchools

I learned a long time ago, if you want to keep your friends in show business, don't get famous. Because as soon as you get famous, a lot of the people you used to know, who didn't, become incredibly bitter and jealous. It's part of the territory.

Denis Leary

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Most of the people who write to me are really clever, really engaged. They just want to say that they have read my book and liked it.

Denise Mina

PeopleMeBookSayWantClever

If you're playing your character and you're running into all these people who know who you are and treat you in a way that doesn't pertain at all to the character, it takes you out of it more, so when you're alone in a city where people don't know you, you can kind of pretend even more and get into the head space of where you need to be.

Chris Messina

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I recently watched Peter Brook's Lord of the Flies, and it wasn't a favorite film. Then I saw the one that was made in 1990, which in my opinion didn't match up to the original.

Brendan Fraser

OpinionUpLordOriginalFilmSaw

Everything people are saying about her - all that negativity - it's garbage. That's not my mother.

Bobbi Kristina Brown

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By the time I'm 35, I'll probably want to have a family. I'd be happy doing that, teaching my kids to do the right things, to do good things.

Brittany Howard

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I think the world of comedy is a relatively small community, and especially for women in comedy, there just aren't that many people involved.

Ari Graynor

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I am not a stickler for Indian food, but by the third day or so I start looking for something familiar to eat. I have travelled a lot, and I always try out local food.

Shaan

FoodDayI AmLookingStartTry

I'm very cheap. My friends hate me.

Tyler James Williams

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