Every time someone says, 'You know, we really ought to get together,' if I were really honest, I would ask 'Why?' — Dick Cavett Copy Share Image
A biggest mistake I made when I started doing a talk show was I thought you had to read the books. — Dick Cavett Copy Share Image
You would have to be naive to think you can appear on television and not have the material edited in some way. — Dick Cavett Copy Share Image
It's fun for me to go on other folks' talk shows. When you've endured the ups and downs and tensions and pitfalls… — Dick Cavett Copy Share Image
There are online forms you can fill out to send to your lawmakers, demanding that nothing - nothing at all or in… — Dick Cavett Copy Share Image
The greatest benefit of depression is the fact that when I have talked about it, every so often someone comes up and… — Dick Cavett Copy Share Image
Chris Matthews can't start any sentence without 'Let me ask you this... ' And I love Chris Matthews! But almost everybody in… — Dick Cavett Copy Share Image
You have to be on TV a surprisingly long time before you're stopped on the street. Then, when you are, you get… — Dick Cavett Copy Share Image
There were several things a Yale freshman was supposed to be able to do. You had to demonstrate in the Olympic-size Yale… — Dick Cavett Copy Share Image
Comedians are sometimes resentful of their writers. Probably because it's hard for giant egos to admit you need anyone but yourself to… — Dick Cavett Copy Share Image
Every so often, there is an article saying the old kind of talk show isn't possible now. In the oldest kind of… — Dick Cavett Copy Share Image
Being the offspring of English teachers is a mixed blessing. When the film star says to you, on the air, 'It was… — Dick Cavett Copy Share Image
Anyone working in the media can tell you that there seems to be an always-ready-to-explode segment of the populace for whom offense… — Dick Cavett Copy Share Image
I guess the best advice I ever got or anyone could get for doing a talk show, though it has not been… — Dick Cavett Copy Share Image
Statistically, I'd say comedy writers are perhaps the sanest category of show people. And why not? They make big money, and although… — Dick Cavett Copy Share Image
If you have a relative who's lost interest in everything and doesn't get out of bed, who doesn't care for things they… — Dick Cavett Copy Share Image
I had to fight the intellectual label when I started in television, because, first of all, it's not going to help you… — Dick Cavett Copy Share Image
A conversation does not have to be scintillating in order to be memorable. I once met a president of the United States, and his… — Dick Cavett Copy Share
I don't see the future as bright, language-wise. I see it as a glass half empty - and evaporating quickly. — Dick Cavett Copy Share
I'm not all that enthralled by show business, and I'm not that much of a highbrow. — Dick Cavett Copy Share
Radio, which was a much better medium than television will ever be, was easy and pleasant to listen to. Your mind filled automatically with… — Dick Cavett Copy Share
I guess the best advice I ever got or anyone could get for doing a talk show, though it has not been easy very… — Dick Cavett Copy Share
William F. Buckley was a man who had a great capacity for fun and for amusing himself by amazing others. — Dick Cavett Copy Share
I eat at this German-Chinese restaurant and the food is delicious. The only problem is that an hour later you're hungry for power. — Dick Cavett Copy Share
“The idea that hunting is one against one is ludicrous. It's one animal versus the hunter, the manufacturer of the rifle, the bullet maker,… — Dick Cavett Copy Share
Chris Matthews can't start any sentence without 'Let me ask you this... ' And I love Chris Matthews! But almost everybody in journalism does… — Dick Cavett Copy Share
You would have to be naive to think you can appear on television and not have the material edited in some way. — Dick Cavett Copy Share
I'm not sure why writing for others became harder. Probably a reluctance to give away anything you might conceivably use yourself caused a block.… — Dick Cavett Copy Share
