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"Seeing a murder on television... can help work off one's antagonisms. And if you haven't any antagonisms, the commercials will give you some."

"Today’s generation didn’t want to watch ancient actors reciting the same tired lines. They wanted to see themselves reflected onscreen –rude, raw, entitled. These kids needed to believe that they them..."

"Well, fame is a drug and when you take it away from an addict, things can get ugly."

"Keisha Blake, whose celebrated will and focus did not leave her much room for angst, watched her friend ascend to the top deck in her new panda-eyed makeup and had a mauvais quart d'heure, wondering w..."

"I don't think playing it safe constitutes a retreat, necessarily. In other words, I don't think if, by playing safe he means we are not going to delve into controversy, then if that's what he means he..."

"The old Televisions had an off switch."

"All [tv] shows are like cigarettes. You watch two, you have a higher chance of watching three. They're all addictive."

"I expect the audience to assume TV is stupid. I accept that it's my job to overcome it."

"Moderate giftedness has been made worthless by the printing press and radio and television and satellites and all that. A moderately gifted person who would have been a community treasure a thousand y..."

"And yet that's the best way to watch television actively: with your eyes closed."