The newest computer can merely compound, at speed, the oldest problem in the relations between human beings, and in the end the communicator will be confronted with the old problem, of what to say and how to say it.

I am entirely persuaded that the American public is more reasonable, restrained and more mature than most of our industry's program planners believe.

I would like television to produce some itching pills rather than this endless outpouring of tranquilizers.

In order to progress, radio need only go backward, to the time when singing commercials were not allowed on news reports, when there was no middle commercial on a news report, when radio was rather proud, alert and fast.

The obscure we always see sooner or later; the obvious always seems to take a little longer.

One of the basic troubles with radio and television news is that both instruments have grown up as an incompatible combination of show business, advertising and news. Each of the three is a rather bizarre and demanding profession. And when you get all three under one roof, the dust never settles.

Most truths are so naked that people feel sorry for them and cover them up, at least a little bit.