I grew up in a tough neighborhood and we used to say you can get further with a kind word and a gun than just a kind word.
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 MametIt's hard for a Jew of my generation, an American Jew, who is philo-Zionistic, not to romanticize Israel.
David Mamet