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David Mamet

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in Chicago, Illinois, The United States

November 30, 1947

Website

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Genre

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).

Mamet's 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 anti ...more

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Average rating: 3.84 · 98,180 ratings · 6,564 reviews · 223 distinct works • Similar authors

	Glengarry Glen Ross 3.87 avg rating — 18,420 ratings — published 1983 — 48 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 3.60 avg rating — 9,916 ratings — published 1993 — 40 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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: A Play 3.75 avg rating — 5,622 ratings — published 1975 — 51 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 3.81 avg rating — 4,019 ratings — published 1991 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 3.93 avg rating — 2,650 ratings — published 1997 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 3.61 avg rating — 2,320 ratings — published 1977 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 3.66 avg rating — 2,265 ratings — published 1988 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 3.84 avg rating — 1,970 ratings — published 1998 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 3.86 avg rating — 1,447 ratings — published 2011 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Chicago 2.91 avg rating — 1,549 ratings — published 2018 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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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“Always tell the truth. It's the easiest thing to remember.”
― David Mamet

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“We must have a pie. Stress cannot exist in the presence of a pie.”
― David Mamet, Boston Marriage

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

tags: aphorism, language, truth

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