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Any claim to actual identification as a drama must rest upon the construction of a plot independent of the assignment of affliction to the protagonist.

Any 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
Drama, Independent, Plot

The Oscars demonstrate the will of the people to control and judge those they have elected to stand above them (much, perhaps, as in bygone days, an election celebrated the same).

David Mamet
People, Judging, One Day
David Mamet (1986). “Writing in restaurants”, Viking Adult

I'm not the guy to ask about politics. I'm a gag writer.

David Mamet
Guy, Gags, Asks
"David Mamet’s Election Season". Interview with Boris Kachka, nymag.com. January 10, 2008.

Make the audience wonder what's going on by putting them in the same position as the protagonist.

David Mamet
Wonder, Protagonists, Audience
David Mamet (1991). “On Directing Film”, Penguin Group USA

The secret knowledge is there's nobody home but us chickens. The Constitution was written by a bunch of regular guys who tried to get together and thrash out a contract under which they could get together that would keep people together.

David Mamet
Home, People, Guy
Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

I've been training in Jiu-jitsu for about six years and I'm very fortunate to live in that world. All the fighters hang out and have lunch together just about every day and trade stories. And I've always been fascinated how in the world of Jiu-jitsu in L.A. everybody in the fight world - cops, special forces, bouncers, stuntmen - connected across different lines.

David Mamet
Fighting, Years, Lunch
Source: www.indiewire.com

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