Werner Herzog Quotes

I just think music is so intrinsically linked with images in the culture that we live in that you'll be hard-pressed to have an experience with the music without a preconceived notion.

If you look at pop culture as the main picture you see of black men, all these kind of threatening pictures and - I think those of us who are artists and who are in media have to think carefully about what those pictures are.

The impact of the Vietnam War on TV made everyone recognize the importance of visual media.

What appears on the screen is what people see. Everything else is just interpretation.

Reality has come to seem more and more like what we are shown by cameras.

I'm a student of media and I've always been one. I'm fascinated by the way we make the world around us based on pictures and how can we improve our perception of this picture world.

It's definitely a sensitive topic to discuss, but I have felt, since I signed with the WWE, I was in a unique position to reestablish how Arabs were perceived in the WWE and western media.

People get ideas of how to live or not to live from what you do on television.

Cable television is such a part of our society now. Oftentimes, the shows are really good, and you're just like, 'Well, it's worth sitting through the sex and violence because the narrative is so great.'

The media, and how we're taught to read it, has a huge impact on who we become as people.

My generation grew up on 'The Daily Show.' Jon Stewart gave me solace. He was the only person who I felt defended Muslims when crazy things were happening; the only place you could find a nuanced take on Iraq was Jon Stewart's show.

Television is as much a part of my journey as film.

Hollywood is a reflection of a general climate that we live in.

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

Films can't change the society; they can simply open the space for the discussion which can lead to social change and can start new forms of social activism.

My own personal conviction is that if I were writing without thinking about how images or how journalism is creating a world for us, I would not be happy about it.

Everyone likes taking their own photos and seeing themselves reflected back.

I actually think we should be trying to be rigorous in our thinking about television and the way it enters our lives and shapes the way so many people think.

As a programme-maker you've got a responsibility to examine your choices and how they play in the wider world.

People perceive actresses in a different manner when they are portrayed glamorously. I don't want that to happen with me.

Artwork, films, TV - it's always informed my work, no matter what I'm working on.

I don't think I look like I do on the telly.

I'm a visual learner, so film is a huge inspiration to me.

Films and books have been intertwined as far as my growing up is concerned.

Sometimes you wonder if television is really affecting the culture.