Richard King Quotes

The ultimate censorship is the flick of the dial.

With Storytelling, at least, it's explicit: this is what the censors say American citizens, no matter what age, are not permitted to see, even though it can be seen by other people all over the world. I suppose you could call it a political statement.

The only place we were really told to tone it down - where other people would use the word censorship, but I wouldn't - was when we did MTV right after the Beavis and Butt-head thing.

I defend the right of almost everything to be published... because I think that you're better off in trusting the marketplace than allowing other people to make that decision.

Performers have the right to say what they want to, and anyone paying money has the right to accept or reject the art and entertainment that's available.

The censor boards are mere redundant forces conspiring to keep the 'bold' films out of reach of the audience.

Muslim consumers, … have a right to boycott whomever they want. Similarly, Western consumers have the right to support whomever they want, and privately owned newspapers have the right to publish cartoons without government interference. If there must be a clash of civilizations and cultures, let it be over these cartoons. The Danish cartoons are as important as fighting for Danzig once was. If the West is unwilling to fight this battle, slavery will inevitably come and slavery will be what it deserves.

People are fed up with broadcasters pushing the boundaries too far.

I have no issue with the CBFC.

I never understood why movies don't have to be as responsible, or the responsibility stops with Rated R. I feel like music, you gotta - you put the sticker on it, you make the clean version, then you're explaining yourself, and then you have to do charities to offset what you just said. No one else has to do this!

I feel instead of censorship, we need to self-regulate ourselves while producing any kind of content.

I have not understood till date why we censor adult films. If someone over 18 can get married, produce children and drive cars, why can't they watch a movie?

Depictions or expressions of sex, violence, crime are all permitted virtually without limit; but religion, it seems, never.No wonder many in America seem to believe that the court has become one more inclined to protect pornography than to protect religious expression.

I think people loosely use the term 'free speech.' If the market wants to be such that people don't want to watch someone, so be it.

If the media is a farce, why should you be the only one stuck with rules and restrictions?

The media can allege corruption, but if I do the same against the media, I am gagging freedom of expression.

Regarding the responsibility that a director has to society, first of all, there are ratings. There's freedom to make films, and freedom to watch them or not. It's not like I take those films to a school and force kids to watch them.

When you read Western press, you probably get a feeling that all Russian press is censored, there's no freedom at all, we can't say whatever, which is absolutely, absolutely, completely untrue.

It is very difficult to make films like 'Madras Cafe' in India, given the diverse nature of the country.

I think that, in the end, the consumer's going to win on the Internet.

Products are a form of speech, and free speech must be fiercely protected, even if we disagree with some of the voices.

As editor, I think we need to act more decisively on what kind of material appears on the 'Guardian'. Those who argue that this is an affront to freedom of speech miss the point. That freedom counts for little if it is used to silence others.

I do think the audiences have a right to judge what they feel is offensive and not.

Once I fix what kids watch, I'll be moving on to everything else.

I am against censorship in any form. I think anybody should be able to make any movie he or she wants and let the public decide. If it's disgusting and they don't want to see it, they won't go. I believe in the audience.