David Mamet Quotes

All forms of contact are good: letters, parcels, e-mails - I've been trying to get a Webcam for my computer, but I'm such a Luddite.

I'm such a technophobe.

Computers used to petrify me before I figured it was just a matter of getting used to them.

I've always been slightly embittered about computers because it was the only subject I failed at school.

I've got a computer, but I won't go near it.

You know, kids text a lot today. It's phenomenal.

I won't ever do e-mail.

Computers rather frighten me, because I never did learn to type, so the whole thing seems extraordinarily complicated to me.

I've turned into a technological wizard. I can send emails now, which for me is unbelievable. They don't make any sense, but I can send them. I call it e-mithering.

I'm not even worried about the Internet; that ain't even my thing. I'm not even an Internet guy. You rarely even see me into that.

I think it's fair to say that personal computers have become the most empowering tool we've ever created. They're tools of communication, they're tools of creativity, and they can be shaped by their user.

My generation was born to work with social media - it's a natural part of our communication with the world.

Technology remains a tool: you can have the best tool in the world, but if you have nothing to say, it will remain an empty experience.

Social media is fine, depending on how you use it.

I was resistant to the Internet. I was afraid of it.

I'm not really a computer man, to be honest. I check my emails every couple of weeks.

I don't know what an email is.

Email cannot die in the near future because of its universal acceptance.

Twitter and Tumblr and Facebook, it's so amazing because years ago, when I was growing up and watching movies, there was no way for us to interact with filmmakers at all. You could send a letter, and you'd never know if you were going to hear back or not.

I find texting to be kind of a safe space.

I can't work a computer.

In an odd sort of way, the computer and the Internet is the hermit's ideal form of communication. You don't have to see anyone. To send an email, you don't have to talk to anyone. You can just send it, and they'll read it on their own. The Internet has been really good for hermits.

Phones are interesting objects. Sometimes you wish they just didn't exist.

I don't get Twitter or social media. I really don't understand it or read it. I see it as a distraction.

I've always been a little scared of technology, which is why I explore it.