"Television will do anything for a rating... anything!" — Paddy Chayefsky

"Television will do anything for a rating... anything!"

— Paddy Chayefsky

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16 Quotes by Paddy Chayefsky

Paddy Chayefsky has 16 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Artists don't talk about art. Artists talk about work. If I have anything to say to young writers, it's stop…
Television is democracy at its ugliest.
Television is god-damned amusement park. Television is a circus, a carnival, a traveling troupe of acrobats, storytellers, dancers, singers, jugglers,…
It's always the generals with the bloodiest records who are the first to shout what a hell it is. And…
I'm not a great writer. I'm a great rewriter.
God save us from people who do the morally right thing. It's always the rest of us who get broken…
This was the story of Howard Beale: The first known instance of a man who was killed because he had…
We no longer live in a world of nations and ideologies. The world is a college of corporations, inexorably determined…
The worst kind of censorship is the kind that takes place in your own mind before you sit down to…
Stop thinking about writing as art. Think of it as work. If you’re an artist, whatever you do is going…
Television is the menace that everyone loves to hate but can't seem to live without.
You don't send a man to his death because you want a hero.

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More Inspirational Quotes

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This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would… — Hannah Arendt
Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth… — Pietro Aretino
Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento

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