I invite you to sit down in front of your television set when your station goes on the air . . . and keep your eyes glued to that set until the station signs off. I can assure you that you will observe a great wasteland.

What do we mean by the public interest? Some say the public interest is merely what interests the public. I disagree.

We need imagination in programming, not sterility; creativity, not imitation; experimentation, not conformity; excellence, not mediocrity. Television is filled with creative, imaginative people. You must strive to set them free.

When television is good, nothing is better. When it's bad, nothing is worse.

We've gotten to the point where everybody's got a right and nobody's got a responsibility.

Television is a vast wasteland.

I invite you to sit down in front of your television set when your station goes on the air . . . and keep your eyes glued to that set until the station signs off. I can assure you that you will observe a great wasteland.