Quotes About Media

Sean Penn has announced his retirement from acting about 72 times.

I feel dumber every time I listen to Sean Hannity. I don't want to be that guy.

If I lived my life according to what Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh said about me, I would just stay in bed all day.

There are more seasons of 'the Kardashians' than 'I Love Lucy.'

If I take five seconds to think about something on TV, that five seconds is an eternity.

While a traditional TV advert might last for 30 seconds, a child can play an advergame for hours on end.

We really owe it to our world to infuse our entertainment with messaging.

I owe my career to TV. Most of my training has been through TV.

I don't owe the media anything.

I've thought for years that newspapers should all be owned by nonprofits.

Everybody in America was talking about TV early in 1949, though comparatively few Americans owned a set of their own.

Diversity in media is something that is intrinsic to a democratic society. We do not want the whole media owned by one person.

In 2009, my father wanted me to join politics. I told him, 'Why should I jump into the dirt and grime of politics when I can have politicians come to me as owner of a media group?' Then my father gave me an ultimatum.

I've always been obsessed with marketing and media. I always wanted to be a business brand owner. I wanted to create things.

Perhaps the biggest problem in journalism is the cult divide between journalists and corporate owners.

I like the mad and neurotic pace of television.

Pacing has become more important than ever, largely because of other media. I've always tried to start my stories out with a bang, something that will hook their attention.

I talk about things that are front page news.

One thing I learned working at magazines was that if you couldn't get people to look at a page or a cover, then you were fired. It was all about how you create arresting works, and by arresting I mean stop people, even for a nano-second.

I think back to some of the things Harry said and some of the things I said trying to be funny. If I said them now, it would be on the front page of every newspaper in the country.

I'm not sure that the benefit - as a writer and as a citizen - that I would get from reading at least the front page of the Times every day or every other day would outweigh the depression.

The happy story right now is the full page in Vanity Fair, which gives me a great deal of exposure.

I've never had a MySpace or a Facebook page. I avoid that entirely.

Digg is like your newspaper, but rather than a handful of editors determining what's on the front page, the masses do.