Quote by: David Mamet

The basis of drama is... the struggle of the hero towards a specific goal at the end of which he realises that what kept him from it was, in the lesser drama, civilisation and, in the great drama, the discovery of something that he did not set out to discover but which can be seen retrospectively as inevitable.


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Author Bio


  • NameDavid Mamet
  • DescriptionAmerican playwright, essayist, screenwriter, and film director
  • BornNovember 30, 1947
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionScreenwriter; Film Director; Playwright; Film Producer; Writer
  • WorksSexual Perversity In Chicago; American Buffalo; Glengarry Glen Ross
  • AwardsPulitzer Prize For Drama