Norman Lear

Life is about having a good time, and it was a good time. We did some things well and some things poorly, but that was always the case. ↗

— Norman Lear

#always #case #did #good #good time

Maybe they continued to agree with Archie Bunker - as I said earlier, you can't change people's minds, but you can get them to think. ↗

— Norman Lear

#archie #bunker #change #continued #earlier

Nobody doubts my partisanship, but a lot of the activity is nonpartisan. ↗

— Norman Lear

#doubts #lot #nobody #partisanship

Originally, with all the shows, we went looking for belly laughs. ↗

— Norman Lear

#laughs #looking #originally #shows #went

So we gravitated to shows and issues and causes that made people care. ↗

— Norman Lear

#causes #gravitated #issues #made #people

That's the heart of it: My shows were not that controversial with the American people. They were controversial with the people who think for the American people. ↗

— Norman Lear

#american people #controversial #heart #people #shows

The American people may not be the best-educated, but they're very wise at heart. ↗

— Norman Lear

#american people #best-educated #heart #may #people

The trafficking of sex and violence is comes after the demand for ratings. ↗

— Norman Lear

#comes #demand #ratings #sex #trafficking

There was no real controversy with All In The Family. That came from the people on the business end. ↗

— Norman Lear

#came #controversy #end #family #people

TV that people will never see, that giant international corporations will never touch, will never pay your salary. ↗

— Norman Lear

#giant #international #never #pay #people