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Paddy Chayefsky quotes: We are a gutted generation, born in the depression and obsessed with prosperity.

We are a gutted generation, born in the depression and obsessed with prosperity.

Paddy Chayefsky quotes: This was the story of Howard Beale: The first known instance of a man who was killed because he had lousy ratings

This was the story of Howard Beale: The first known instance of a man who was killed because he had lousy ratings

Paddy Chayefsky quotes: Television is not the truth. Television is a goddamned amusement park.

Television is not the truth. Television is a goddamned amusement park.

Paddy Chayefsky quotes: I don't want to leave you alone. I want you to get mad.[ ... ]You've got to say 'I'm a human being, god dammit! My life has value!

I don't want to leave you alone. I want you to get mad.[ ... ]You've got to say 'I'm a human being, god dammit! My life has value!

Paddy Chayefsky quotes: I'm not a great writer. I'm a great rewriter.

I'm not a great writer. I'm a great rewriter.

Paddy Chayefsky quotes: Television is the menace that everyone loves to hate but can't seem to live without.

Television is the menace that everyone loves to hate but can't seem to live without.

Paddy Chayefsky quotes: The first dead man on Omaha Beach must be a sailor!

The first dead man on Omaha Beach must be a sailor!

Paddy Chayefsky quotes: The worst kind of censorship is the kind that takes place in your own mind before you sit down to a typewriter.

The worst kind of censorship is the kind that takes place in your own mind before you sit down to a typewriter.

Paddy Chayefsky quotes: Americans don't want drama, especially good drama, they just want their boredom killed.

Americans don't want drama, especially good drama, they just want their boredom killed.

Paddy Chayefsky quotes: You British plundered half the world for your own profit. Let's not pass it off as the Age of Enlightenment.

You British plundered half the world for your own profit. Let's not pass it off as the Age of Enlightenment.

Paddy Chayefsky quotes: God save us from people who do the morally right thing. It's always the rest of us who get broken in half.

God save us from people who do the morally right thing. It's always the rest of us who get broken in half.

Paddy Chayefsky quotes: I'm not sentimental about war. I see nothing noble in widows.

I'm not sentimental about war. I see nothing noble in widows.

Paddy Chayefsky quotes: You don't send a man to his death because you want a hero.

You don't send a man to his death because you want a hero.

Paddy Chayefsky quotes: The best thing that can happen is for the theme to be nice and clear from the beginning.

The best thing that can happen is for the theme to be nice and clear from the beginning.

Paddy Chayefsky quotes: Television is democracy at its ugliest.

Television is democracy at its ugliest.

Paddy Chayefsky quotes: I'm a man without a corporation.

I'm a man without a corporation.

Paddy Chayefsky quotes: We've established the most enormous medical entity ever conceived ... and people are sicker than ever. We cure nothing! We heal nothing!

We've established the most enormous medical entity ever conceived ... and people are sicker than ever. We cure nothing! We heal nothing!

Paddy Chayefsky quotes: Howard Beale is processed, instant God, and right now it looks like he might just go over bigger than Mary Tyler Moore.

Howard Beale is processed, instant God, and right now it looks like he might just go over bigger than Mary Tyler Moore.

Paddy Chayefsky quotes: Don't think of it as art, think of it as work.

Don't think of it as art, think of it as work.

Paddy Chayefsky quotes: You're not such a dog as you think you are.

You're not such a dog as you think you are.

Paddy Chayefsky quotes: Television will do anything for a rating ... anything!

Television will do anything for a rating ... anything!