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 you’re not an artist, at least you can do a good day’s work. — Paddy Chayefsky Copy Share Image
Artists don't talk about art. Artists talk about work. If I have anything to say to young writers, it's stop thinking of writing as art. Think of it as work. — 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
I'm afraid to look in the mirror. I'm afraid I'm going to see an old lady with white hair, just like the old ladies… — Paddy Chayefsky Copy Share Image
This was the story of Howard Beale: The first known instance of a man who was killed because he had lousy ratings — Paddy Chayefsky Copy Share Image
