American Buffalo David Mamet Quotes

#1. I want to be like Rocky Balboa. Give me a title shot right away! I'll prove myself.

Henry Cejudo

#2. If we didn't live in a society that told us we're not OK if we're not making 100 grand a year, I think we'd all be a lot happier.

Meredith Brooks

#3. That title, is one of the things I fought for. A lot of people said 'But it's stupid, and it's the title of a comedy movie, and people won't take it seriously,' and I'm sure there are some people who still don't. But for the most part, people do see that we really have a quality show.

Joss Whedon

#4. To live is to war with trolls in heart and woul. To write is to sit in judgement on oneself.

Henrik Ibsen

#5. It began the usual way, in the bathroom of the Lassimo Hotel.

Jennifer Egan

#6. I've been alienating my public since I was 20 years old. When 'American Buffalo' came out on Broadway, people would storm out and say, 'How dare he use that kind of language!' Of course I'm alienating the public! That's what they pay me for.

David Mamet

#7. I want to try for another record tomorrow. What was that last kind I had? With the chocolate chunks?"
"Stracciatella."
"I'm naming my first daughter after it."
"Lucky her.

Jenna Evans Welch

#8. I laid my hand on top of theirs, and all I could think was, Is this how revolutions begin? Not with a proclamation or a riot, but with a few people in a room somewhere with their hands clasped and a purpose.

Laurell K. Hamilton

#9. I really feel like I'm going to be an actress for the rest of my life.

Tina Majorino