“No one looks at a television, and no one hears it. It's a poison.” LooksTelevisionPoison Author:James Purdy
“Television masturbates its audience even though the audience is not really watching. It masturbates orifices the audience doesn't have. It sticks holes in the viewer and masturbates in those holes. Then it finally gets into the brain and masturbates there, too.” BrainAudienceTelevisionSticksHolesViewers Author:James Purdy
“I don't think it's like eastern mysticism, which leaves the person whole. It's really another form of cancer, television.” ThinkingPersonsWholeFormTelevisionCancerMysticismEastern Author:James Purdy
“I am against all machines. It's no wonder that so many Americans go on dope when they have no other cultural stimulus than a television.” WonderTelevisionGoes OnMachinesStimulusDope Author:James Purdy
“Actually, television tells you to take dope. It tells you to destroy the human race really, by first having more consumers and then consuming more poison and then making the whole planet uninhabitable.” FirstsHumansWholeRaceTelevisionPlanetsConsumersHuman RacePoisonConsumingDope Author:James Purdy
