David Mamet

As John Wayne said when he was playing Coriolanus, listen, I didn't write this shit, right? But I did write that shit.

As John Wayne said when he was playing Coriolanus, listen, I didn't write this shit, right? But I did write that shit.

Yeah. I mean, it's... I'm not quite sure what the play's about, what the movie's about, but I think it's about a guy who is so accommodating that he not only gets taken advantage of by everybody he meets, but causes havoc around him constantly by his goodwill. Somebody said that there are... Old fools and young fools, happy fools and sad fools, but there never was a fool who wasn't cruel.

Yeah. I mean, it's... I'm not quite sure what the play's about, what the movie's about, but I think it's about a guy who is so accommodating that he not only gets taken advantage of by everybody he meets, but causes havoc around him constantly by his goodwill. Somebody said that there are... Old fools and young fools, happy fools and sad fools, but there never was a fool who wasn't cruel.

Yeah. I mean, it's... I'm not quite sure what the play's about, what the movie's about, but I think it's about a guy who is so accommodating that he not only gets taken advantage of by everybody he meets, but causes havoc around him constantly by his goodwill. Somebody said that there are... Old fools and young fools, happy fools and sad fools, but there never was a fool who wasn't cruel.

So this is a guy who is so good-willed and so wants to please everybody, he's a fool, that A, everybody takes advantage of him, and B, ends up getting everybody killed. The same old story.

So this is a guy who is so good-willed and so wants to please everybody, he's a fool, that A, everybody takes advantage of him, and B, ends up getting everybody killed. The same old story.

So this is a guy who is so good-willed and so wants to please everybody, he's a fool, that A, everybody takes advantage of him, and B, ends up getting everybody killed. The same old story.

I don't think so.

I don't think so.

I don't think so.

No. Listen, I think I've been fairly clear. I've written a whole bunch of plays and movies and fiction and so forth. But then independently, I've written a bunch of political stuff, but I'm pretty clear about keeping the two... In fact, I'm dedicated to keeping the two separate.

No. Listen, I think I've been fairly clear. I've written a whole bunch of plays and movies and fiction and so forth. But then independently, I've written a bunch of political stuff, but I'm pretty clear about keeping the two... In fact, I'm dedicated to keeping the two separate.

No. Listen, I think I've been fairly clear. I've written a whole bunch of plays and movies and fiction and so forth. But then independently, I've written a bunch of political stuff, but I'm pretty clear about keeping the two... In fact, I'm dedicated to keeping the two separate.

Well, here's the thing. If something is a work of art, which I think that if you're a creative person, you aspire to... There's mass entertainment, right? Then there's entertainment. And then there's, at some point, it's possible for it to be art. And at some point, you aspire, however popular your stuff may be. And I want to be popular, you know, too.

Well, here's the thing. If something is a work of art, which I think that if you're a creative person, you aspire to... There's mass entertainment, right? Then there's entertainment. And then there's, at some point, it's possible for it to be art. And at some point, you aspire, however popular your stuff may be. And I want to be popular, you know, too.

Well, here's the thing. If something is a work of art, which I think that if you're a creative person, you aspire to... There's mass entertainment, right? Then there's entertainment. And then there's, at some point, it's possible for it to be art. And at some point, you aspire, however popular your stuff may be. And I want to be popular, you know, too.

But at some point, you say, I would like to aspire to the realm of art, which means something beyond art. the ability of the consciousness to quantify, right? You say, oh, again, I laughed, so obviously that's a comedy, or I cried, so obviously that's a drama. But art is something beyond the ability of the consciousness to quantify. So if somebody said of the Chopin etude, what does it mean?

But at some point, you say, I would like to aspire to the realm of art, which means something beyond art. the ability of the consciousness to quantify, right? You say, oh, again, I laughed, so obviously that's a comedy, or I cried, so obviously that's a drama. But art is something beyond the ability of the consciousness to quantify. So if somebody said of the Chopin etude, what does it mean?

But at some point, you say, I would like to aspire to the realm of art, which means something beyond art. the ability of the consciousness to quantify, right? You say, oh, again, I laughed, so obviously that's a comedy, or I cried, so obviously that's a drama. But art is something beyond the ability of the consciousness to quantify. So if somebody said of the Chopin etude, what does it mean?