"Television is the same as the telephone, and……" — Will Self
"Television is the same as the telephone, and the same as the World Wide Web for that matter. People who become obsessed by the peculiarities of these communications media have simply failed to adjust to the shock of the old. People who bleat on about the 'artistic' potential of television qua television are equally deluded."
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112 Quotes by Will Self
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