People Frustrated Quotes by Larry Gelbart

I think the greatest imagination we can exercise is one that imagines how someone else feels. Because you know how you feel, but so…

— Larry Gelbart

I am on sort of a diet in terms of the Internet. It's the sheer quantity. It's the Niagara of opinion, of information. It's…

— Larry Gelbart

If vaudeville had died, television was the box they put it in.

— Larry Gelbart

A war is like when it rains in New York and everybody crowds into doorways. They all get chummy together perfect strangers. The only…

— Larry Gelbart

Television is a weapon of mass distractrion.

— Larry Gelbart

The subtle differences in language and humor that get lost in translation, for example, make it almost impossible for big companies to do something…

— Larry Gelbart

Today's audience knows more about what's on television than what's in life.

— Larry Gelbart

I don't think you can name a good picture where the production or the possible promotion isn't "cast-contingent." That means the film needs not…

— Larry Gelbart

I write what I write and I honestly don't care if it gets on or not. I'm writing to see if I can find…

— Larry Gelbart

I think technology is such that we can reach new heights but we need some of the basics of the pre-technological age. It's counter-productive…

— Larry Gelbart

I never watched Friends, maybe because it was written by people straight out of college…The only way to avoid age discrimination in Hollywood is…

— Larry Gelbart

Reality television is less honest than YouTube. YouTube is the real reality.

— Larry Gelbart

I refuse to do anything easy. I'm writing for the smartest person out there. I'm not equating myself with the smartest person out there,…

— Larry Gelbart

One doesn't have a sense of humor. It has you.

— Larry Gelbart

You can write something that has continuity, but it makes happy endings all the more ridiculous.

— Larry Gelbart