Television is a possum with a tapeworm, she thought…

“If a person who constantly reads is labeled a bookworm, then I was quickly becoming what might be called a tapeworm.”

— David Sedaris

“An apple a day feeds the tapeworm to stay.”

— Brian Spellman

From the point of view of a tapeworm, man was created by God to serve the appetite of the tapeworm.

— Edward Abbey

“Can you taste it Bruce? Can you taste the filth, the dirt, the oily blackness of that fossil fuel in our mouth as you…

— Irvine Welsh

“...man is as much a parasite on the cow as the tapeworm is on man: We have sucked their udders like leeches. "Man the…

— Unbearable Lightness of Being

Which came first the intestine or the tapeworm?

— William S. Burroughs

There are just two people entitled to refer to themselves as "we"; one is the editor and the other is the fellow with a…

— Bill Nye

“Sure, I'd like to lose some weight, but a tapeworm is the last way I'd like to do it, except becoming a prisoner of…

— Laurie Notaro

“The Orb is a cosmic parasite. When it was a physical entity, outside my body, it mentally bonded to its host and fed off…

— R.L. Ullman

When you're on a daytime drama you get one page, you better damn well know your character. You better know what she would do…

— David Hudgins

I'm very proud of some of the stories I've been given thanks to the team at 'Emmerdale,' they've been great over the years so…

— Kelvin Fletcher

Some shows just go away - and that's fine. They serve their purpose and their entertainment value, but there are shows that touch people…

— Michael Cudlitz

Some television programs are so much chewing gum for the eyes.

— John Mason Brown

Because after you've crossed some lines, you just keep crossing them. And there's no escaping from constant escape. Distracting ourselves. Avoiding confrontation. Getting past…

— Chuck Palahniuk

I could program a 'fabulous, I love it' kind of hit season right now. I'm more interested in breaking boundaries, telling a story, defying…

— George C. Wolfe