David Mamet

But Chopin goes, fuck, I don't know. I do it the best I can. So I'm trying to aspire to have my stuff... which is to say beyond the human capacity to encapsulate. Because if you're going to encapsulate it, you stop thinking about it. Oh, I get it. See, maybe I'm not that bright.

But Chopin goes, fuck, I don't know. I do it the best I can. So I'm trying to aspire to have my stuff... which is to say beyond the human capacity to encapsulate. Because if you're going to encapsulate it, you stop thinking about it. Oh, I get it. See, maybe I'm not that bright.

But Chopin goes, fuck, I don't know. I do it the best I can. So I'm trying to aspire to have my stuff... which is to say beyond the human capacity to encapsulate. Because if you're going to encapsulate it, you stop thinking about it. Oh, I get it. See, maybe I'm not that bright.

Yeah, but see, it was great that you said, I get it. But that to me means differently than I understand it. I get it means, oh, yeah, which is what craft is in playwriting. You would DM someone and say, oh, my God, it was in front of me the whole time. Everything that I thought, this doesn't make sense, this doesn't make sense. Ah, now it makes sense.

Yeah, but see, it was great that you said, I get it. But that to me means differently than I understand it. I get it means, oh, yeah, which is what craft is in playwriting. You would DM someone and say, oh, my God, it was in front of me the whole time. Everything that I thought, this doesn't make sense, this doesn't make sense. Ah, now it makes sense.

Yeah, but see, it was great that you said, I get it. But that to me means differently than I understand it. I get it means, oh, yeah, which is what craft is in playwriting. You would DM someone and say, oh, my God, it was in front of me the whole time. Everything that I thought, this doesn't make sense, this doesn't make sense. Ah, now it makes sense.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Well, that's what Aristotle said. He wrote the book called The Poetics a little while ago. He said the ending has got to be surprising and inevitable. Oh, really?

Well, that's what Aristotle said. He wrote the book called The Poetics a little while ago. He said the ending has got to be surprising and inevitable. Oh, really?

Well, that's what Aristotle said. He wrote the book called The Poetics a little while ago. He said the ending has got to be surprising and inevitable. Oh, really?

Oh, yeah. He said that's it. So if we know that as dramatists, it's no different than a joke. The ending's got to be surprising. Oh, aha.

Oh, yeah. He said that's it. So if we know that as dramatists, it's no different than a joke. The ending's got to be surprising. Oh, aha.

Oh, yeah. He said that's it. So if we know that as dramatists, it's no different than a joke. The ending's got to be surprising. Oh, aha.

Yeah. I didn't see where you're getting at. Right. That's why we laugh. That's right. Right? Because it reconvinces us happily that we really aren't that fucking smart. Right? So the joke and the good play frees us from our self-absorption. I'm so smart. Why am I not doing better? Someone's trying to fuck me over. Right? No, no, no, it's because I'm too lazy, I'm doing this and that. No, I'm not.

Yeah. I didn't see where you're getting at. Right. That's why we laugh. That's right. Right? Because it reconvinces us happily that we really aren't that fucking smart. Right? So the joke and the good play frees us from our self-absorption. I'm so smart. Why am I not doing better? Someone's trying to fuck me over. Right? No, no, no, it's because I'm too lazy, I'm doing this and that. No, I'm not.

Yeah. I didn't see where you're getting at. Right. That's why we laugh. That's right. Right? Because it reconvinces us happily that we really aren't that fucking smart. Right? So the joke and the good play frees us from our self-absorption. I'm so smart. Why am I not doing better? Someone's trying to fuck me over. Right? No, no, no, it's because I'm too lazy, I'm doing this and that. No, I'm not.

That's what we do on our stupid minds all day long. So a joke frees us from that.

That's what we do on our stupid minds all day long. So a joke frees us from that.