The conscious mind is going to suggest the obvious, the clichรฉ, because these things have offered the security of having succeeded in the past.
David MametMovies were never an art form, they were entertainment. It just evolved into an art form from there, and it's still evolving in different ways.
David MametAs you all know first prize is a Cadillac El Dorado. Anyone wanna see second prize? Second prize is a set of steak knives. Third prize is you're fired.
David MametThe Founders recognized that Government is quite literally a necessary evil, that there must be opposition, between its various branches, and between political parties, for these are the only ways to temper the individual's greed for power and the electorates' desires for peace by submission to coercion or blandishment.
David Mamet