Television represents what happens to a medium when the artists have no power and the businessmen are in full, unquestioned control.

Art doesn't come in measured quantities: it's got to be too much or it's not enough.

Television as we have it isn't an art form - it's a piece of furniture that is good for a few things.

In the arts, the critic is the only independent source of information. The rest is advertising.

It's sometimes discouraging to see all of a director's movies, because there's so much repetition. The auteurists took this to be a sign of a director's artistry, that you could recognize his movies. But it can also be a sign that he's a hack.

A mistake in judgment isn't fatal, but too much anxiety about judgment is.

A book might be written on the injustice of the just.