I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read read more

I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.

If you read a lot of books you are considered well read. But if you watch a lot of TV, read more

If you read a lot of books you are considered well read. But if you watch a lot of TV, you're not considered well viewed.

Television is now so desparately hungry for material that they're scraping the top of the barrel.

Television is now so desparately hungry for material that they're scraping the top of the barrel.

By the age of six the average child will have completed the basic American education.... From television, the child will read more

By the age of six the average child will have completed the basic American education.... From television, the child will have learned how to pick a lock, commit a fairly elaborate bank holdup, prevent wetness all day long, get the laundry twice as white, and kill people with a variety of sophisticated armaments.

Time has convinced me of one thing: Television is for appearing on--not for looking at.

Time has convinced me of one thing: Television is for appearing on--not for looking at.

The Television commercial is the most efficient power-packed capsule of education that appears anywhere on TV.

The Television commercial is the most efficient power-packed capsule of education that appears anywhere on TV.

Television -- a medium. So called because it is neither rare nor well-done.

Television -- a medium. So called because it is neither rare nor well-done.

I hate television. I hate it as much as peanuts. But I can't stop eating peanuts.

I hate television. I hate it as much as peanuts. But I can't stop eating peanuts.

Did you ever think about life as a metaphor for television?

Did you ever think about life as a metaphor for television?