Being a writer in Hollywood is like going to Hitler's Eagle Nest with a great idea for a bar mitzvah.
David MametMy dad was an immigrant kid and a Democrat and a Jew, and we didn't know any Republicans in our group. So I grew up Democratic. My dad was a labor lawyer - a very hardworking guy, a one-horse labor lawyer - and then I went to hippie college and lived in the bubble.
David Mamet