It's always the generals with the bloodiest records who are the first to shout what a hell it is. And it's always the war widows who lead the Memorial Day parades. — Paddy Chayefsky Copy Share Image
We've established the most enormous medical entity ever conceived... and people are sicker than ever. We cure nothing! We heal nothing! — Paddy Chayefsky Copy Share Image
The best thing that can happen is for the theme to be nice and clear from the beginning. — Paddy Chayefsky Copy Share Image
It's not greed and ambition that makes wars--it's goodness. Wars are always fought for the best of reasons, for liberation or manifest destiny, always… — Paddy Chayefsky Copy Share Image
It is the international system of currency which determines the totality of life on this planet. That is the natural order of things today.… — Paddy Chayefsky Copy Share Image
I don't know what's good, or bad, or true. I let God worry about truth. I just want to know the momentary fact of… — Paddy Chayefsky Copy Share Image
“I would like at this moment to announce that I will be retiring from this program in two weeks' time because of poor ratings.… — Paddy Chayefsky Copy Share Image
“I don't have to tell you things are bad. Everybody knows things are bad. It's a depression. Everybody's out of work or scared of… — Paddy Chayefsky Copy Share Image
Television is not the truth! Television is a goddamned amusement park. Television is a circus, a carnival, a travelling troupe of acrobats and story-tellers,… — Paddy Chayefsky Copy Share Image
Stop thinking about writing as art. Think of it as work. If you’re an artist, whatever you do is going to be art. If… — Paddy Chayefsky Copy Share Image
Television is god-damned amusement park. Television is a circus, a carnival, a traveling troupe of acrobats, storytellers, dancers, singers, jugglers, sideshow freaks, lion tamers… — Paddy Chayefsky Copy Share Image
