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Paddy Chayefsky Quotes

I’m not a great writer. I’m a great rewriter Picture Quote #1

I’m a human being, god-dammit. My life has value! Picture Quote #1

Don’t think of it as art, think of it as work Picture Quote #1

You’re not such a dog as you think you are Picture Quote #1

God save us from people who do the morally right thing. It’s always the rest of us who get broken in half Picture Quote #1

Artists don’t talk about art. Artists talk about work. If I have anything to say to young writers, it’s stop thinking of writing as art. Think of it as work Picture Quote #1

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All my brothers, my brothers-in-law, they’re always telling me what a good-hearted guy I am. You don’t get to be good-hearted by accident. You get kicked around long enough, you get to be a real professor of pain Picture Quote #1

It’s not greed and ambition that makes wars--it’s goodness. Wars are always fought for the best of reasons, for liberation or manifest destiny, always against tyranny and always in the best interests of humanity. So far this war, we’ve managed to butcher some 10,000,000 people in the interest of humanity. The next war, it seems we’ll have to destroy all of man in order to preserve his damn dignity Picture Quote #1

Television is god-damned amusement park. Television is a circus, a carnival, a traveling troupe of acrobats, storytellers, dancers, singers, jugglers, sideshow freaks, lion tamers and football players. We’re in the boredom killing business Picture Quote #1

You British plundered half the world for your own profit. Let’s not pass it off as the Age of Enlightenment Picture Quote #1

It’s always the generals with the bloodiest records who are the first to shout what a hell it is. And it’s always the war widows who lead the Memorial Day parades Picture Quote #1

I’m not sentimental about war. I see nothing noble in widows Picture Quote #1

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Americans don’t want drama, especially good drama, they just want their boredom killed Picture Quote #1

Television will do anything for a rating... anything! Picture Quote #1

I’m not a great writer. I’m a great rewriter Picture Quote #1

You don’t send a man to his death because you want a hero Picture Quote #1

Television is democracy at its ugliest Picture Quote #1

Artists don’t talk about art. Artists talk about work. If I have anything to say to young writers, it’s stop thinking of writing as art. Think of it as work Picture Quote #1

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It’s the menace that everyone loves to hate but can’t seem to live without Picture Quote #1

Television is the menace that everyone loves to hate but can’t seem to live without Picture Quote #1

Stop thinking about writing as art. Think of it as work. If you’re an artist, whatever you do is going to be art. If you’re not an artist, at least you can do a good day’s work Picture Quote #1

The worst kind of censorship is the kind that takes place in your own mind before you sit down to a typewriter Picture Quote #1

We’ve established the most enormous medical entity ever conceived... and people are sicker than ever. We cure nothing! We heal nothing! Picture Quote #1

God save us from people who do the morally right thing. It’s always the rest of us who get broken in half Picture Quote #1

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I’m not a great writer. I’m a great rewriter. (Paddy Chayefsky Quotes) I’m a human being, god-dammit. My life has value! (Paddy Chayefsky Quotes) 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 (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. (Paddy Chayefsky Quotes) Artists don’t talk about art. Artists talk about work. If I have anything to say to young writers, it’s stop thinking of writing as art. Think of it as work. (Paddy Chayefsky Quotes) All my brothers, my brothers-in-law, they’re always telling me what a good-hearted guy I am. You don’t get to be good-hearted by accident. You get kicked around long enough, you get to be a real professor of pain (Paddy Chayefsky Quotes) It’s not greed and ambition that makes wars--it’s goodness. Wars are always fought for the best of reasons, for liberation or manifest destiny, always against tyranny and always in the best interests of humanity. So far this war, we’ve managed to butcher some 10,000,000 people in the interest of humanity. The next war, it seems we’ll have to destroy all of man in order to preserve his damn dignity (Paddy Chayefsky Quotes) Television is god-damned amusement park. Television is a circus, a carnival, a traveling troupe of acrobats, storytellers, dancers, singers, jugglers, sideshow freaks, lion tamers and football players. We’re in the boredom killing business (Paddy Chayefsky Quotes) You British plundered half the world for your own profit. Let’s not pass it off as the Age of Enlightenment (Paddy Chayefsky Quotes) It’s always the generals with the bloodiest records who are the first to shout what a hell it is. And it’s always the war widows who lead the Memorial Day parades (Paddy Chayefsky Quotes) I’m not sentimental about war. I see nothing noble in widows (Paddy Chayefsky Quotes) Americans don’t want drama, especially good drama, they just want their boredom killed (Paddy Chayefsky Quotes) Television will do anything for a rating... anything! (Paddy Chayefsky Quotes) I’m not a great writer. I’m a great rewriter (Paddy Chayefsky Quotes) You don’t send a man to his death because you want a hero (Paddy Chayefsky Quotes) Television is democracy at its ugliest (Paddy Chayefsky Quotes) Artists don’t talk about art. Artists talk about work. If I have anything to say to young writers, it’s stop thinking of writing as art. Think of it as work (Paddy Chayefsky Quotes) It’s the menace that everyone loves to hate but can’t seem to live without (Paddy Chayefsky Quotes) Television is the menace that everyone loves to hate but can’t seem to live without (Paddy Chayefsky Quotes) Stop thinking about writing as art. Think of it as work. If you’re an artist, whatever you do is going to be art. If you’re not an artist, at least you can do a good day’s work (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 (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! (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 (Paddy Chayefsky Quotes)