Granted, the writers, directors, producers, and that community make a great deal of money. But they might be choosing to do a… — Norman Lear Copy Share Image
You're in the business - when you're a writer, producer, director - to get ratings. — Norman Lear Copy Share Image
I got a call from an agent to come to New York City, and write for the 'Ford Star Revue.' Because at… — Norman Lear Copy Share Image
We had two African American writers [Eric Monte and Michael Evans] on the show ['Good Times'] that knew Cabrini Green inside and… — Norman Lear Copy Share Image
But it also became the experience, or was the experience, of the writers who were attracted to this kind of humor. They're… — Norman Lear Copy Share Image
I started by writing, with my partner Ed Simmons, a monologue for Danny Thomas, that he performed at Ciro's nightclub in Los… — Norman Lear Copy Share Image
I was writing for live television. And I said to myself, someday, soon as I can, I have got to do a… — Norman Lear Copy Share Image
I get a kick out of the fact that people will pick on the writers in California for being responsible for the… — Norman Lear Copy Share Image
When we went on the air, I didn't want to be interrupted for an act-one curtain. — Norman Lear Copy Share Image
The American people may not be the best-educated, but they're very wise at heart. — Norman Lear Copy Share Image
Maybe they continued to agree with Archie Bunker - as I said earlier, you can't change people's minds, but you can get them to… — Norman Lear Copy Share Image
I think if you're feeling great about where you are, everything that led up to it had to be terrific. — Norman Lear Copy Share Image
Life goes on pretty much the same way. I've been working on a couple of films on the side. You may see some more.… — Norman Lear Copy Share Image
We just may be the most well-informed, yet least self-aware, people in history. — Norman Lear Copy Share Image
The people responsible for the dollars that will buy the sex and violence so many deplore, don't even know what's going - well, of… — Norman Lear Copy Share Image
... For all our alarm, it is clear that the religious right is responding to a real hunger in our society... a deep-seated yearning… — Norman Lear Copy Share Image
