You're in the business - when you're a writer, producer, director - to get ratings. Norman Lear More Quotes by Norman Lear More Quotes From Norman Lear Originally, with all the shows, we went looking for belly laughs. Norman Lear belly-laughsshowslaughing We got ratings. It isn't that they won't quarrel with you, or say you're always right. But as long as you stay strong and the ratings are good and you're reasonable - I don't think we fought unreasonably. We basically won that right. Norman Lear stay-stronglongthinking ... For all our alarm, it is clear that the religious right is responding to a real hunger in our society... a deep-seated yearning for stable values... When conservative Christian groups talk of failures in our educational system, the erosion of our moral standards, and the waste of young lives, they are addressing real and legitimate concerns... Among secularists, the aversion toward discussion of moral values, let alone religion, can reach absurd extremes. Norman Lear realreligiouschristian I wanted to just do a one-act play for 26 minutes, with commercials at the beginning and end. For years, I couldn't get my way. They wanted to interrupt three times. Norman Lear endbeginningplayway At great, great remove sit the head of General Electric, the head of News Corp, the head of Viacom, or the head of this giant international corporation that wants these ratings. Norman Lear headsitgreatnews Even when they don't know who Nixon was, these shows will continue to play. Norman Lear willwhoknowplay
