The one thing that is absolutely essential is that there shouldn't be any governmental control [of the media] directly or indirectly.
In the Netherlands, the press writes what they want.
If the true freedom of the press is to decide for itself what to publish and when to publish it, the true responsibility of the press must be to assert and defend that freedom... What the press in America needs is less inhibition, not more restraint.
If someone tries to put limits on the press, I'll be the first one standing up for the right of press, left and right, to continue saying and being part of the discussion and forwarding the discussion.
There shouldn't be any censorship on making a film.
Let me be clear: I am not an advocate of censorship.
Vietnam was the first war ever fought without any censorship. Without censorship, things can get terribly confused in the public mind.
Censorship should never go. But we can always give a little more space to the director.
I don't believe in censorship in any form.
Cable had a latitude to move which created less censorship and bestowed upon the artists, the writers and the creators, more liberty to create their shows.
