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"Television doesn't make stars. It's the written media, the press, that makes stars."
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"Volume depends precisely on the writer's having been able to sit in a room every day, year after year, alone."
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"When the New York Times scratches its head, get ready for total baldness as you tear out your hair."
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"Pro-government press is not a press it is just a lie-generating ugly machine; it is a guard dog, guarding only the official thieves, not the public!"
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"Know how to effectively voice a complaint or make a claim at a retail store."
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"Sensationalism dies quickly, fear is long-lived."
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"If you interviewed 1,000 politicians and asked about whether the media's too soft or too hard, about 999 would say too hard."
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"Madison Avenue is a very powerful aggression against private consciousness. A demand that you yield your private consciousness to public manipulation."
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"The minute viewers callin or write about your looks, they were not listening to what you were saying."
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"This is the truth about mainstream media and advertising: People wouldn't have to pay to show you such messages if they were right."
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"If you're nice, decent, attractive, get good grades and are talented, no one wants to read about that...They want to read what's out-of-the-ordinary, the scandalous, the shocking and the tragic. They want a story; they want to be captivated and what's typical does not give them that...unless, of course, that person ends up a victim, commits a crime or loses their minds via a love affair."
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"You may have read that I went to M.I.T. In 1982 I filled out a Who's Who survey with joking responses, and they never bothered to check the facts."
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"The fact was, Ford kept stumbling around. I didn't want him in the White House. I wanted Carter in, and I had a forum of 20 million people watching."
People
"All my children inherited perfect pitch."
Children
"They can't make any of these talented young actors Fletch. You might as well make a movie called Chevy Chase."
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"I learned a lot about handling fans from established stars."
Fans
"I have three daughters. I wanted them to be raised where there are real seasons and where everyone their age wasn't trying to get into movies."
Age
"Last good pratfall I did, I broke bones in both hands. I still feel it when people shake my hand."
People
"With Clinton, there's no question that I would have made fun of his out-and-out lying. But he's also a good friend."
Friendship
"I was always the guy getting kicked out of my classes at school for having an attitude problem."
Attitude
"It took me 20 years of making movies to learn how to do it."
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