People may or may not say what they mean... but they always say something designed to get what they want.
David MametThe subject of drama is The Lie. At the end of the drama THE TRUTH -- which has been overlooked, disregarded, scorned, and denied -- prevails. And that is how we know the Drama is done.
David MametForget narrative, backstory, characterisation, exposition, all of that. Just make the audience want to know what happens next.
David Mamet