Norman Lear Quotes

You're in the business - when you're a writer, producer, director - to get ratings. - Norman Lear

When we went on the air, I didn't want to be interrupted for an act-one curtain. - Norman Lear

What the Democrats dou't get is that while the American people are longing for authenticity, they come across as totally inauthentic... because they try to represent what they think the American people want, and in the process entirely lose themselves. Ironically, as a result, there are now over 60 percent of Americans opposed to the war in Iraq who are not represented by either political party. - Norman Lear

We just had a wonderful time. It was a very different time in our culture, generally. - Norman Lear

We got ratings. It isn't that they won't quarrel with you, or say you're always right. But as long as you stay strong and the ratings are good and you're reasonable - I don't think we fought unreasonably. We basically won that right. - Norman Lear

We did an episode on Good Times which came out of a newspaper article about the incidence of hypertension in black males being higher than whites, and increasing. So we did a show in which James, the father on Good Times, had hypertension. - Norman Lear

TV that people will never see, that giant international corporations will never touch, will never pay your salary. - Norman Lear

This isn't the best time for America laughing at ourselves. I think political satire thrives much more at a time when we're in a mood to laugh at ourselves. The degree of political correctness has just gotten terrible. - Norman Lear

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