Island Quotes by Sherwood Schwartz

When you say the name Gilligan, you know who that is. If a show is good, if it's written well, you should be able…

— Sherwood Schwartz

I was creator and executive producer of 'The Brady Bunch' on TV. The stage version was done by others, but it was a repeat…

— Sherwood Schwartz

I think writers have become hypnotised by the number of jokes on the page at the expense of character.

— Sherwood Schwartz

'Rescue From Gilligan's Island' was the first of the so-called reunion shows on the networks, getting a 54 share. With numbers like that, everybody…

— Sherwood Schwartz

A lot of people say television holds up a mirror to life, and that's why you see all the drug busts and the killings…

— Sherwood Schwartz

If you study both 'Gilligan' and 'Brady,' you will see they are based on a similar philosophy: that it's possible for different kinds of…

— Sherwood Schwartz

As a man who tried to explain in his own way that people have to learn to get along with each other. I did…

— Sherwood Schwartz

I honestly think I could sit down and write a show tonight that the critics would love, and I know it would be canceled…

— Sherwood Schwartz

I own all the characters I created, thanks to the Writers Guild, so nobody can do anything without me. The way it works is:…

— Sherwood Schwartz

It wasn't Ginger's Island, it was Gilligan's Island.

— Sherwood Schwartz

I don't like it to be compared to 'Survivor.' The idea of 'Survivor' is to kill each other off to win the prize. There's…

— Sherwood Schwartz