Norman Lear Quotes

I think what's dangerous is 24 hours a day, 335 channels, or whatever the hell there is. Too much is too much.

Ratings translate into corporations, corporations that need a profit statement this quarter that's larger than the last.

I was the laziest white kid my dad ever met.

Bud [Yorkin] was the kindest and dearest man, and one of the most talented directors there was.

As a matter of fact, when people ask where my 'point of view' comes from, it was there in one of the first sketches we wrote for [Dean] Martin and [Jerry] Lewis.

The movies had a slogan at the time, to distinguish themselves from TV, that said 'movies are better than ever.'

I got a call from an agent to come to New York City, and write for the 'Ford Star Revue.' Because at the time there wasn't much 'national television'.

I was writing for live television. And I said to myself, someday, soon as I can, I have got to do a situation comedy.

I think if you're feeling great about where you are, everything that led up to it had to be terrific.

If there was a sense of - a bigger sense of responsibility in the various leadership positions in America, things would be not as grotesquely overly done as they are now.

There was no real controversy with All In The Family. That came from the people on the business end.