Nic Pizzolatto Quotes

I have to admit, I never watch television; once in a while I'll see things, but I grew up without it. I had a father who said, 'I hate television;' it came into being when he was a kid, and he didn't have it, so he didn't think I needed it.

Television is now the dominant factor in the lives of too many American children.

I never really grew up watching TV.

Television has tremendous power over our lives.

And I grew up watching all the British ones so when you hear that from an early age, it makes it much easier than you guys who don't grow up with Australian television or British television.

I got an early education from television.

When I was a boy, there were three influences on children. The school, the family, and the church. Now there is a fourth---television.

That's the power of television. You come into people's homes every week, and that creates a familiarity and a false sense of intimacy.

You often forget, because you're so inside it, that television has power.

You see, the power of television cannot be underestimated.

I grew up in Los Angeles. I watched lots of television; I still watch lots of television.

I think I got my education as a young boy from things I saw on TV.

I grew up watching British television because I lived so close to Canada.

I seriously consider television to be the people's medium.

I did not, like my children and people today, grow up with television as part of my life.

Television probably has become the most evocative, widely observed signpost we have.

That's the scary part about TV, how you'll feel about it in six years.

Television isn't inherently good or bad. You go to a bookstore, there are how many thousands of books, but how many of those do you want? Five? Television's the same way. If you're going to show people stuff, television is the way to go. Words and pictures show things.

It's just hard not to listen to TV: it's spent so much more time raising us than parents have.

Television is a powerful medium that has to be used for something better than sitcoms and police shows. On the other hand, if you don't recognize the forces that play on what people watch and what they don't then you're a fool and you should be in a different business.

I mean, I didn't have a huge upbringing with movies, I guess.

Television is apparently the enemy of nuance. But nuance is essential for a thoughtful discussion.

I didn't grow up watching a lot of TV.

Television enjoys a de facto monopoly on what goes into the heads of a significant part of the population and what they think.

I like television. I still believe that television is the most powerful form of communication on Earth - I just hate what is being done with it.