Christopher Buckley Quotes

Our approach was very simple. It was about creating a universal language. A show that will be attractive toward every people coming from all over the world. And that was a big thing.

That's what makes a good show. It doesn't target one group. It tells a story everyone gets.

It is true that Christianity is not bound up with any particular race or culture. It is neither of the East or of the West, but has a universal mission to the human race as a whole.

I am for poetry that is admired by peasant and aristocrat alike.

The Chinese consumer is everybody. It's very simple.

My mission has always been to do something that suits everybody.

The one thing people like about my show is it's universal. Everybody can relate to it. I think people enjoy going to a show and saying, 'Something like that happened to me.'

I had to satisfy the action fans, the romantic fans, the intellectual fans. It was a terrific burden.

That's why I felt so at home when I went to Africa. It didn't matter that I was halfway around the world in a foreign country, because all those elements are universal. And I think that's one thing about my work: It's universal.

I think regardless of where people are from, country music is a through line.

I didn't go out shooting for anybody in particular because I shot for everybody unparticular. I make records for Muslims, Christians, rock 'n roll kids, skateboard kids.

When you set out to really entertain adults as well as kids, your audience is basically anybody who is breathing.

That's because we did not set out to make black music. We set out to make quality music that everyone could enjoy and listen to.

At the core, we are dealing with two parties that have fundamentally different views of the world.

Our party cannot be all things to all people. It can't be. Our loudest opponents on the left are never going to like us so let's stop trying to curry favor with them.

I see my fans as music lovers. I really love that. There's no age group or demographic. It's people of all ages and backgrounds. Country people and non-country people. I wanted to make music across the board.

I've been lucky. I've had this history of having an appeal to more than one type of audience.

I think I'm making music that's pretty universal.

I have to write for everyone. What really fascinates me is how you make films or make stories that can genuinely be shared by different groups.

I'm a big believer in debate and difference of opinion.

I hope that I do make music that can speak to anyone. I don't just want to play for a queer crowd.

Taylor Swift's audience can listen to me, but so can the street kids. I want to touch it all.

The broadcast networks - they are literally broad. They try to appeal to everyone. They try to reach all of America, all the time. Increasingly, they fail to do that, but they try.

There's a studio formula of making a movie that Betty White fans and Ice Cube fans are going to love, so it's a really broad brush.

If you try to create something that everybody can relate to, you're gonna make something that nobody can relate to.