Enid Bagnold Quotes

They put me on television. And the whole thing broke loose. It was wild, I tell ya for sure.

To the chagrin of many, the media gravitates towards controversy.

There would probably be less of a frenzy among the French public.

Controversy sells books.

People like scandals.

Everybody wants a sensational story.

To have news value is to have a tin can tied to one's tail.

If you say a more outrageous thing than everyone else that day, you're going to get the headlines.

I'd have to set my hair on fire to get on the news.

Among journalists, there is a saying: 'If it bleeds, it leads.' This can result in some serious hustling - and some serious sloppiness - whenever a crime occurs. The public's longing to see and hear salacious details is, basically, endless.

That's exactly what Octomom is: a carnival attraction.

The first thing that bothers me after any celebrity death happens is that my phone starts buzzing for a bite.

It was always hard work to push through a crowed of reporters with the scent of blood in their nostrils. You might not think so, since on camera they appear to be brain-damaged wimps with severe eating disorders. But put them at a police barricade and a miraculous thing happens...The strength comes from some mysterious place-and somehow, when there is gore on the ground, these anorexic creatures can push their way through anything. Without mussing their hair, too.

Negative is always more newsworthy than positive.

The media should be ready to cover every event at the Oberois' residence. If Vivek's dog has dysentery tomorrow, we should be prepared to hear Vivek talk about it on camera for three hours.

There are so many odd things that happened that are centered around Britney Spears it's kind of amazing. There's just so many cultural moments centered around her existence and nothing else.

My tortured life - with its extremes and conflicts - might have been difficult for me to deal with, but the press couldn't get enough of it. I was in the papers every day, 'the enfant terrible of the culinary world.'

The only thing with press attention is that it can be very draining on our energy store.

When you do something a little bit extreme or weird, it helps make it more interesting and more amenable to being written about.

People in the States live for finding something they can lose their minds over. They have nothing else going on. They watch a show and there's a joke and everybody's up in arms.

The most shocking and scandalous story will always get people's attention.

The tabloids had a field day with 'Tipping The Velvet,' which was great for the viewing figures but not necessarily for the actors involved.

I am not looking or thinking that every move of mine will generate mass hysteria.

I was not so interested in night-after-night coverage of Michael Jackson's death or Britney Spears' latest breakdown - topics that were 'breaking news' at the time.

You can count my interviews this season on one hand, so maybe when I do speak, people want to turn it into something sensational.