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I love all insider memoirs. It doesn't matter whether it's truck-drivers or doctors. I think everybody likes to go backstage, find out what people think and what they talk about and what specialised job they have. ↗

— David Mamet

#backstage #doctors #everybody #find #go

I took the liberal view for many decades, but I believe I have changed my mind. ↗

— David Mamet

#changed #decades #i #i believe #liberal

I used to think I'd like to be a fireman - in fact, I still would - and the only drawback I could see was coming back to the firehouse, after a day of fighting fires, and still having to put in an eight-hour day writing. ↗

— David Mamet

#back #coming #could #day #drawback

I'm afraid of only two things: being lazy and being cowardly. ↗

— David Mamet

#being #being lazy #cowardly #i #lazy

I'm entitled to my political opinions, and I get to vote because I'm an American. ↗

— David Mamet

#because #entitled #get #i #opinions

I'm not an ascetic. ↗

— David Mamet

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

— David Mamet

#ask #gag #guy #i #politics

I've always been fascinated by the picaresque. ↗

— David Mamet

#been #fascinated #i

I've been alienating my public since I was 20 years old. ↗

— David Mamet

#i #old #public #since #years

If you're writing an opinion piece, it's your job to write your opinion. If, on the other hand, you wrote a novel, as Virginia Woolf tells us, it would be inappropriate if you let your novel be influenced by your political opinions. ↗

— David Mamet

#inappropriate #influenced #job #novel #opinion