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I don't think you can name a good picture where the production or the possible promotion isn't "cast-contingent." That means the film needs not just star power but star box office power. -- 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
You can write something that has continuity, but it makes happy endings all the more ridiculous. -- Larry Gelbart
Television is a weapon of mass distractrion. -- Larry Gelbart
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
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
I'm a recovering optimist. -- Larry Gelbart
The subtle differences in language and humor that get lost in translation, for example, make it almost impossible for big companies to do something that will appeal at home and abroad. -- Larry Gelbart
If Hitler's still alive, I hope he's out of town with a musical. -- Larry Gelbart
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
The Amazon is still burning; we just don't hear the smoke detectors anymore. -- Larry Gelbart
Your style is formed by what you can't do. -- Larry Gelbart
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
Today's audience knows more about what's on television than what's in life. -- Larry Gelbart
The only way to avoid age discrimination in Hollywood is to die young. -- Larry Gelbart
One doesn't have a sense of humor. It has you. -- Larry Gelbart
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
Reality television is less honest than YouTube. YouTube is the real reality. -- Larry Gelbart
Contrary to popular belief, it's not the legs that go first; it's remembering the word for legs. -- Larry Gelbart
If vaudeville had died, television was the box they put it in. -- Larry Gelbart
We may be born equal but we're not equally talented. -- Larry Gelbart
One does not have humor. It has you. -- Larry Gelbart
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