“ Conflict, when used as a device, makes for good television and bad journalism. Aaron Sorkin Screenwriter
“ I don't want to succumb to the idea that for the generation, or generations, raised on television, the text is irrelevant or so intimidating that they won't deal with it. If you teach, you see this is not true. It may be that newer generations do not worship the text as some of their elders do. Adrienne Rich Poet
“ I wouldn't be interested in [nowadays] television simply because I think it goes too fast. Except if something was maybe a play on television or some great television script. Al Pacino Film Actor
“ The thing with film and theater is that you always know the story so you can play certain cues in each scene with the knowledge that you know where the story's going to end and how it's going to go. But on television nobody knows what's going to happen, even the writers. Alan Cumming Actor
“ Television should be the last mass communication medium to be naively designed and put into the world without a surgeon-general's warning. Alan Kay Computer Scientist
“ Television is like the American toaster, you push the button and the same thing pops up everytime. Alfred Hitchcock Film Director