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"If vaudeville had died, television was the box they put it in."
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"It is ridiculous that somebody picks up the phone and calls somebody they see on television. Why don't they call somebody in their area? Don't they know about that?"

"Simple stories... emerge as lovely films or television pieces."

"I told them I belong to the same organizations and clubs Mrs. Roosevelt belongs to, but with a few brave exceptions, I was still unable to do films or television for the next seven years."

"Most of my peers in television seem to be from a different planet. I don't hang out with any of them."

"Twin Peaks was special because it was so groundbreaking. In the early '90s it really changed television a lot. A bunch of weird shows, like Northern Exposure, came on after that."

"I haven't killed anyone on television in years and years. Must have been twenty something years."

"So what I do is supervise the boarding process trying to get the shows the way I'd like them to be. And in some cases I've completely redone a board myself even though I'm not credited for it."
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