Larry Gelbart Professions : Television writer Born : February 25, 1928 Died : September 11, 2009 Browse All Authors Top 30 quotes by Larry Gelbart Marriage isn't all that it's cracked up to be, let me tell you. Honestly. Marriage is probably the chief cause of divorce. Larry Gelbart divorce witty funny I love to play with language; make it do tricks, turn a word inside out to see if it's got a hidden meaning tucked away somewhere, or perhaps find that it's capable of an extra entendre or two. . . . Plotting is nothing I did, or do, naturally. It is the hardest part of the writing process. No matter how many times you plot a script successfully, the next one, representing new and uncharted territory, convinces you that you really don't know how to do it at all. Larry Gelbart play writing two I am on sort of a diet in terms of the Internet. It's the sheer quantity. It's the Niagara of opinion, of information. It's not that I have any kind of compassion fatigue. I just insist on having a life. Larry Gelbart information opinion compassion I think the greatest imagination we can exercise is one that imagines how someone else feels. Because you know how you feel, but so often we attribute our own feelings on to someone else. Larry Gelbart imagination exercise thinking One doesn't have a sense of humor. It has you. Larry Gelbart laughter humor inspirational I refuse to do anything easy. I'm writing for the smartest person out there. I'm not equating myself with the smartest person out there, but hopefully I'm writing to say you're not alone. I'm not alone. We're not alone. Larry Gelbart refuse easy writing Contrary to popular belief, it's not the legs that go first; it's remembering the word for legs. Larry Gelbart legs belief firsts Television is a weapon of mass distractrion. Larry Gelbart weapons funny television Today's audience knows more about what's on television than what's in life. Larry Gelbart audience today television If Hitler’s still alive, I hope he’s out of town with a musical. Larry Gelbart towns musical alive I write what I write and I honestly don't care if it gets on or not. I'm writing to see if I can find out some of what I think about any number of situations. I work it out in the writing. Larry Gelbart writing numbers thinking I think it makes people frustrated when they have to live their actual lives commercial free and they can't just magically wind up at the part with the happy ending. Larry Gelbart wind people thinking I think technology is such that we can reach new heights but we need some of the basics of the pre-technological age. It's counter-productive to be able to type a hundred words a minute but not know what the words mean. Larry Gelbart technology mean thinking Most jokes state a bitter truth. Larry Gelbart bitter-truth bitterness states If vaudeville had died, television was the box they put it in. Larry Gelbart technology science television I know one thing - very few writers in Southern California get to write what they want to write. We are more or less worker ants, working for either film companies or tv companies or Internet companies. We do a lot of assigned work. Feelings hardly ever enter into it. If they do, they tend to be on a sort of soap opera level. Larry Gelbart california southern writing Your style is formed by what you can't do. Larry Gelbart style I never watched Friends, maybe because it was written by people straight out of college....The only way to avoid age discrimination in Hollywood is to die young. Larry Gelbart college people art One does not have humor. It has you. Larry Gelbart doe I'm a recovering optimist. Larry Gelbart recovering optimist Similar Authors Brad Falchuk television-writer Bridget Carpenter television-writer Andrew Kreisberg television-writer Amy Sherman-Palladino television-writer Alec Sulkin television-writer Adrian Hodges television-writer All Authors
