You know, I once read an interesting book which said that, uh, most people lost in the wilds, they, they die of shame. Yeah, see, they die of shame. 'What did I do wrong? How could I have gotten myself into this?' And so they sit there and they... die. Because they didn't do the one thing that would save their lives. Thinking.
David MametCharacters on stage, like people in what we refer to as "real life," do not speak to reveal themselves. They do not speak to conceal themselves. They speak to get whatever it is that they want. It is the only reason they speak.
David MametI love working on a typewriter - the rhythm, the sound; it's like playing the piano, which I do, too.
David MametAny claim to actual identification as a drama must rest upon the construction of a plot independent of the assignment of affliction to the protagonist.
David Mamet