When television is good, nothing is better. But when television is bad, nothing is worse. I invite you to sit read more

When television is good, nothing is better. But when television is bad, nothing is worse. I invite you to sit down in front of your TV set and keep your eyes glued to that set until the station signs off. I can assure you that you will observe a vast wasteland.

If you read a lot of books you are considered well read. But if you watch a lot of TV, read more

If you read a lot of books you are considered well read. But if you watch a lot of TV, you're not considered well viewed.

It is difficult to produce a television documentary that is both incisive and probing when every twelve minutes one is read more

It is difficult to produce a television documentary that is both incisive and probing when every twelve minutes one is interrupted by twelve dancing rabbits singing about toilet paper.

By the age of six the average child will have completed the basic American education.... From television, the child will read more

By the age of six the average child will have completed the basic American education.... From television, the child will have learned how to pick a lock, commit a fairly elaborate bank holdup, prevent wetness all day long, get the laundry twice as white, and kill people with a variety of sophisticated armaments.

I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read read more

I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.

The remarkable thing about television is that it permits several million people to laugh at the same joke and still read more

The remarkable thing about television is that it permits several million people to laugh at the same joke and still feel lonely.

Fine art and pizza delivery: what we do falls neatly in between.

Fine art and pizza delivery: what we do falls neatly in between.

Television -- a medium. So called because it is neither rare nor well-done.

Television -- a medium. So called because it is neither rare nor well-done.

Seeing a murder on television can help work off one's antagonisms. And if you haven't any antagonisms, the commercials will read more

Seeing a murder on television can help work off one's antagonisms. And if you haven't any antagonisms, the commercials will give you some.