“No mighty king, no ambitious emperor, no pope, or prophet ever dreamt of such an awesome pulpit, so potent a magic wand.” PowerMagicMediaTelevisionKingsProphetAmbitiousPopeEmperorPulpitWandsMagic Wands Author:Fred W. Friendly
“I was my class playwright and I wrote plays set in villages with kings and chiefs.My plays were about treason and betrayals. If they were influenced by Macbeth, they were also influenced by Nigerian plays I had seen and Village Headmaster, a television drama series I had watched as a child.” IfsChildrenPlayClassTelevisionKingsDramaSeriesBetrayalChiefsVillagePlaywrightTreasonHeadmastersTelevision Drama Author:Sefi Atta
“At network television you could make a show like Freaks and Geeks, and even though 7 million people watch is every week, you were considered a terrible failure, and they got rid of you and staff. Now ... It's like a world where the replacements are the biggest fans in the world. It's, the Elvis Costellos of television are the winners. Creativity is king and it's very very exciting.” PeopleWorldShowsWatchesCreativityMillionsWeekFansTelevisionKingsTerribleExcitingWinnerFreakStaffGeekReplacementsBiggest Fan Author:Judd Apatow
“During the whole month that negroes were being beaten by police and washed down the sewer with water hoses, Kennedy and - and King was in jail begging for the federal government to intervene, Kennedy's reply was, "No federal statutes have been violated." And it was only when the negroes erupted that Kennedy come on the television with all his old pretty words.” Has BeensWholeGovernmentWaterTelevisionMonthsKingsPoliceJailBeatenFederal GovernmentBeggingStatutesSewersPretty Words Author:Malcolm X
“Television has its own award. It's called the Emmy. It's a good award. I like it. I have one. But you don't see movies like 'The King's Speech' win Oscars and then go to TV and qualify for Emmys. In documentaries, some networks have been able to game the system.” Has BeensAbleGamesWinningTelevisionTvsKingsSpeechAwardsOscarsDocumentariesEmmys Author:Michael Moore
“I don't watch television and I rarely go to the cinema, but I recently watched 'The King's Speech' on a flight. It was so beautiful and so simple.” BeautifulSimpleWatchesTelevisionKingsSpeechFlightCinema Author:Vivienne Westwood
“If you're just starting out as a writer, you could do worse than strip your television's electric plug-wire, wrap a spike around it, and then stick it back into the wall. See what blows, and how far. Just an idea.” IfsWritingIdeasTelevisionWallKingsSticksStartingBlowElectricWireWrapsPlugsStarting Out Book:On writing: a memoir of the craft Source: On writing: a memoir of the craft