Accused Quote by William Safire

I am not a ventriloquist.

— Russell Banks

Today it is very popular to do a thing we call channeling. People are trying to channel entities and have these beings come through…

— Frederick Lenz

The magic in performing as an entertaining ventriloquist happens when the characters come to life and the interaction between the separate personalities on stage…

— Jeff Dunham

“Gore Vidal, for instance, once languidly told me that one should never miss a chance either to have sex or to appear on television.…

— Christopher Hitchens

This celebrity culture that hypnotizes people into thinking a person is literally not real because you see them on television is a spell the…

— India Arie

“...Television is cretinizing me – I can feel it. Soon I’ll be like the TV artists. You know the people I mean. Girls who…

— Martin Amis

We always want to change the channel in our minds because we don't like what's going on. It's uncomfortable.

— Geneen Roth

I passionately believe if you put on an act, the audience will be able to tell. That does not mean that I am going…

— Richard Quest

It is a fact of broadcasting that you've got to get the big audiences for the channel that you're on.

— Chris Chibnall

Radio listeners are voyeurs: lurking, invisible, eavesdropping.

— Paul Fleischman

“our roles have shifted and expanded. The role of the broadcaster is not just to speak but to listen; the role of the audience…

— Frank Rose

It is astonishing how articulate one can become when alone and raving at a radio. Arguments and counter arguments, rhetoric and bombast flow from…

— Stephen Fry