"When somebody asks me what I do, I don't think I'd say critic. I say writer."

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"Television is now the dominant factor in the lives of too many American children."

Paul Weyrich, American Critic

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"As far as the media is concerned, I wouldn't shoot anything down."

Tina Yothers, American Actress

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"No, United Artists was a very extraordinary organization, because once they had agreed on the director, they believed in letting him have his way. They trusted me, and that doesn't often happen."

John Schlesinger, British Director

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"The press these days should be rather careful about its role. We may have acquired some tendencies about over-involvement that we had better overcome."

Katherine Graham, American Publisher

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"I'm not one of those leeching sons of bitches. I want to earn everything I get."

Dennis Rodman, American Athlete

Media, Sons, Want

"Well, American dialects have been studied for a hundred years or so."

William Labov, American Writer

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"TV happens. And once it's happened, it's gone. When it's gone, you move on, no tears, no tantrums, no videotape."

Mary Schmich, American Journalist

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"The agenda of the Media is not to inform you, they don't care about you, they are trying to show you the truth. There are some intelligent Christians but they can't find them and put on the air ...for instance me."

Patience Johnson, Nigerian Author

Media, Truth, Christian, Control

"Sensationalism dies quickly, fear is long-lived."

Agatha Christie, English Writer

Media, Sensationalism, Fear, Truth

"A rumor is usually a lie that the media can legally profit from."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

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"The black situation has changed. They finally realized they're Americans."

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"Raymond Carver is good. I think he'll be appreciated more and more. He's an easy writer to imitate."

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"There are things in American culture that want to wipe the class distinction. Blue jeans. Ready-made clothes. Coca-Cola."

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"I love it now that a large minority of people who are handicapped prefer to call themselves crippled. This is all part of the game, like queer theory."

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"Henry Miller wrote novels, but he calls his protagonist Henry, often Henry Miller, and his books are in this gray area between memoir and novel."

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"The reason Saul Bellow doesn't talk to me anymore is because he knows his new novels are not worth reading."

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"Jane Austen is at the end of the line that begins with Samuel Richardson, which takes wonder and magic out of the novel, treats not the past but the present."

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"Television is now the dominant factor in the lives of too many American children."

"As far as the media is concerned, I wouldn't shoot anything down."

"No, United Artists was a very extraordinary organization, because once they had agreed on the director, they believed in letting him have his way. They trusted me, and that doesn't often happen."

"The press these days should be rather careful about its role. We may have acquired some tendencies about over-involvement that we had better overcome."

"I'm not one of those leeching sons of bitches. I want to earn everything I get."

"Well, American dialects have been studied for a hundred years or so."

"TV happens. And once it's happened, it's gone. When it's gone, you move on, no tears, no tantrums, no videotape."

"The agenda of the Media is not to inform you, they don't care about you, they are trying to show you the truth. There are some intelligent Christians but they can't find them and put on the air ...for instance me."

"Sensationalism dies quickly, fear is long-lived."

"A rumor is usually a lie that the media can legally profit from."

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"The black situation has changed. They finally realized they're Americans."

"Raymond Carver is good. I think he'll be appreciated more and more. He's an easy writer to imitate."

"There are things in American culture that want to wipe the class distinction. Blue jeans. Ready-made clothes. Coca-Cola."

"I love it now that a large minority of people who are handicapped prefer to call themselves crippled. This is all part of the game, like queer theory."

"Henry Miller wrote novels, but he calls his protagonist Henry, often Henry Miller, and his books are in this gray area between memoir and novel."

"I gave up writing blurbs because you make one friend and 200 enemies."

"I liked Camille Paglia. I liked her even better when I heard her talk."

"The middlebrow, I hate."

"The reason Saul Bellow doesn't talk to me anymore is because he knows his new novels are not worth reading."

"Jane Austen is at the end of the line that begins with Samuel Richardson, which takes wonder and magic out of the novel, treats not the past but the present."