All television ever did was shrink the demand for ordinary movies. The demand for extraordinary movies increased. If any one thing is wrong with the movie industry today, it is the unrelenting effort to astonish.

Quote by Clive James

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Disco dancing is just the steady thump of a giant moron knocking in an endless...

Disco dancing is just the steady thump of a giant moron knocking in an endless...

She was good at playing abstract confusion in the same way that a midget is...

She was good at playing abstract confusion in the same way that a midget is...

A life without fame can be a good life, but fame without a life is...

A life without fame can be a good life, but fame without a life is...

All television ever did was shrink the demand for ordinary movies. The demand for extraordinary...

All television ever did was shrink the demand for ordinary movies. The demand for extraordinary...

It is only when they go wrong that machines remind you how powerful they are.

It is only when they go wrong that machines remind you how powerful they are.

Everyone has a right to a university degree in America, even if it's in Hamburger...

Everyone has a right to a university degree in America, even if it's in Hamburger...

All intellectual tendencies are corrupted when they consort with power.

All intellectual tendencies are corrupted when they consort with power.

Whoever called snooker 'chess with balls' was rude, but right.

Whoever called snooker 'chess with balls' was rude, but right.

She was good at playing abstract confusion in the same way that a midget is...

She was good at playing abstract confusion in the same way that a midget is...

Fiction is life with the dull bits left out

Fiction is life with the dull bits left out

As far as talent goes, Marilyn Monroe was so minimally gifted as to be almost...

As far as talent goes, Marilyn Monroe was so minimally gifted as to be almost...

Fiction is life with the dull bits left out.

Fiction is life with the dull bits left out.

Even in moments of tranquility, Murray Walker sounds like a man whose trousers are on...

Even in moments of tranquility, Murray Walker sounds like a man whose trousers are on...

All television ever did was shrink the demand for ordinary movies. The demand for extraordinary...

All television ever did was shrink the demand for ordinary movies. The demand for extraordinary...

Anyone afraid of what he thinks television does to the world is probably just afraid...

Anyone afraid of what he thinks television does to the world is probably just afraid...

I want to use television not only to entertain, but to help people lead better...

I want to use television not only to entertain, but to help people lead better...

I like radio better than television because if you make a mistake on radio, they...

I like radio better than television because if you make a mistake on radio, they...

The curse of television [is] the programming department-all trained to look for the same kind...

The curse of television [is] the programming department-all trained to look for the same kind...

Imitation is the sincerest form of television.

Imitation is the sincerest form of television.

We don't care really about children as a society and television reflects that indifference to...

We don't care really about children as a society and television reflects that indifference to...