"Television is the triumph of machine over people"

"The opportunity to create a small world between two pieces of cardboard, where time exists yet stands still, where people talk and I tell them what to say, is exciting and rewarding"

"The leader must aim high, see big, judge widely, thus setting himself apart form the ordinary people who debate in narrow confines"

"We have our own history, our own language, our own culture. But our destiny is also tied up with the destinies of other people - history has made us all South Africans"

"Creating the kind of connections between people that lead to collective civic action, political expression, community dialogue, shared cultural experiences"

"People with many interests live, not only longest, but happiest"

"By associating with wise people you will become wise yourself"

"The Oscar changed everything. Better salary, working with better people, better projects, more exposure, less privacy"

"If the present Congress errs in too much talking, how can it be otherwise in a body to which the people send one hundred and fifty lawyers, whose trade it is to question everything, yield nothing, and talk by the hour?"

"You probably wouldn't worry about what people think of you if you could know how seldom they do"

"If you judge people, you have no time to love them"