“Television is the literature of the illiterate the culture of the low-brow the wealth of the poor the privilege of the underprivileged the exclusive club of the excluded masses.”

“Television is a gold goose that lays scrambled eggs and it is futile and probably fatal to beat it for not laying caviar.”

“Television is a gold goose that lays scrambled eggs and it is futile and probably fatal to beat it for not laying caviar.”

“People love a happy ending. So every episode, I will explain once again that I don't like people. And then Mal will shoot someone. Someone we like. And their puppy.”

“The television image sanctified, conferred identity. The more familiar the face, the more to be trusted. ”

“I don't think playing it safe constitutes a retreat, necessarily. In other words, I don't think if, by playing safe he means we are not going to delve into controversy, then if that's what he means...”