Quotes by Norman Lear

About Norman Lear:

Norman Milton Lear is an American television writer and producer who produced such 1970s sitcoms as All in the Family, Sanford and Son, One Day at a Time, The Jeffersons, Good Times, and Maude. As a political activist, he founded the advocacy organization People for the American Way in 1981 and has supported First Amendment rights and progressive causes.
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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

We did an episode on Good Times which came out of a newspaper article about the incidence of hypertension in black males being higher than whites, and increasing. So we did a show in which James, the father on Good Times, had hypertension.

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

I think the greater responsibility, in terms of morality, is where leadership begins.

Norman Lear

In the area we're discussing, leadership begins on Madison Avenue, on the desks and in the offices of people who spend hundreds of millions of dollars buying what will get them ratings.

Norman Lear

In this nation, leadership is dollars.

Norman Lear

Life goes on pretty much the same way. I've been working on a couple of films on the side. You may see some more. You may even see another television show.

Norman Lear

I guess because the shows were activist in their own way - the marriage of my public activism and my career activism, you know - people understand me very well. They also understand there's a very strong bipartisan part in all of this.

Norman Lear

Author Bio

  • NameNorman Lear
  • DescriptionAmerican television writer and producer
  • BornJuly 27, 1922
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionTelevision Producer; Screenwriter; Film Producer
  • AwardsPeabody Award; National Medal Of Arts; Air Medal; Marian Anderson Award