More - Norman Lear Quotes

I think David E. Kelley, with his new deal, is vastly underpaid,

Norman Lear

 

Life is made up of small pleasures. Happiness is made up of those tiny successes. The big ones come too infrequently. And if you don't collect all these tiny successes, the big ones don't really mean anything.

Norman Lear

 American Producer Happiness

Edith, stifle yourself!

Norman Lear

 

I know a lot of white people who have a lot more money than I do.

Norman Lear

 Money

It's a happy coincidence that when we bought the Fantasy catalog we were also able to sign one of the most relevant and talented singer-songwriters of our generation. We're all enormous fans of his music. He's a big hero here.

Norman Lear

 

It looks a little nutty. It's hard to believe people pay any attention to it.

Norman Lear

 

It will belong to the American people,

Norman Lear

 People

Carroll O'Connor as Archie Bunker was a genius at work, God's gift to the world. He is etched permanently in our memories.

Norman Lear

 Genius

There is excess violence, excess sensationalism, excess sex. We are looking at an excessive culture, and to see the excess only in Hollywood is a mistake that lifts a branch to block out the entire forest. The endemic problem is the excess that flows from the corporate need to deliver a profit statement this quarter larger than the last at the expense of every other value. You see that clearly in Hollywood.

Norman Lear

 Culture

This isn't the best time for America laughing at ourselves. I think political satire thrives much more at a time when we're in a mood to laugh at ourselves. The degree of political correctness has just gotten terrible.

Norman Lear

 America