Dick Cavett Television Quotations

That was a real contribution to television, ... It was pointed out to me after the show by a terribly distressed gentleman. He checked everything. It's as if he checked the lyrics for 'Tea for Two' and failed to check that. I don't know if they had lyrics with them, but he didn't hear it.

Radio, which was a much better medium than television will ever be, was easy and pleasant to listen to. Your mind filled automatically with images.

I've actually gotten so I don't associate television with entertainment very much.

You would have to be naive to think you can appear on television and not have the material edited in some way.

It's a tribute to the human brain that anyone is able to function out there on television in a talk situation that is entirely artificial.

There's so much comedy on television. Does that cause comedy in the streets?