David Mamet

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in Chicago, Illinois, The United States

November 30, 1947

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male

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http://davidmamet.com/

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Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction, Drama

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David Alan Mamet is an American author, essayist, playwright, screenwriter and film director. His works are known for their clever, terse, sometimes vulgar dialogue and arcane stylized phrasing, as well as for his exploration of masculinity.

As a playwright, he received Tony nominations for Glengarry Glen Ross (1984) and Speed-the-Plow (1988). As a screenwriter, he received Oscar nominations for The Verdict (1982) and Wag the Dog (1997).

His recent books include The Old Religion (1997), a novel about the lynching of Leo Frank; Five Cities of Refuge: Weekly Reflections on Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy (2004), a Torah commentary, with Rabbi Lawrence Kushner; The Wicked Son (2006), a study of Jewish self-hatred and antisemi...more

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Average rating: 3.79 · 24,205 ratings · 1,236 reviews · 123 distinct works · Similar authors

	Glengarry Glen Ross 3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 5,848 ratings — published 1984 — 10 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Oleanna 3.6 of 5 stars 3.60 avg rating — 2,780 ratings — published 1993 — 12 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	American Buffalo 3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 1,662 ratings — published 1975 — 11 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sexual Perversity in Chicago & The Duck Variations 3.6 of 5 stars 3.60 avg rating — 1,025 ratings — published 1977 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	True and False: Heresy and Common Sense for the Actor 3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 880 ratings — published 1997 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On Directing Film 3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 774 ratings — published 1991 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Speed-the-Plow 3.57 of 5 stars 3.57 avg rating — 762 ratings — published 1988 — 7 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Three Uses of the Knife: On the Nature and Purpose of Drama 3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 529 ratings — published 1998 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bambi vs. Godzilla: On the Nature, Purpose, and Practice of the Movie Business 3.46 of 5 stars 3.46 avg rating — 576 ratings — published 2008 — 10 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Secret Knowledge: On the Dismantling of American Culture 3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 457 ratings — published 2011 — 10 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Collected Plays (4 books)
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“We must have a pie. Stress cannot exist in the presence of a pie.”
― David Mamet, Boston Marriage

tags: dessert, eating, food, humor, pie, stress

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“It's only words... unless they're true.”
― David Mamet

tags: aphorism, language, truth

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“You know, I once read an interesting book which said that, uh, most people lost in the wilds, they, they die of shame. Yeah, see, they die of shame. 'What did I do wrong? How could I have gotten myself into this?' And so they sit there and they... die. Because they didn't do the one thing that would save their lives. Thinking.”
― David Mamet

tags: inspirational, shame, survival

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