There was a time when idealistic folksingers such as myself believed that Reality TV was a programming vogue that would peak and recede, leaving only its hardiest show-offs. Instead, it has metastasized like toxic mold, filling every nook and opening new crannies.
James Wolcott
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ANDERS HEJLSBERG I would like to see it a lot higher than it was, even at its peak. JEFFREY HUMPHREYS My whole life is a practical joke, ... Every evening and every show has really become about entertai... HOWIE MANDEL When Kate Spade New York told me that we would be going to Dubai to celebrate the opening of two sto... BRAD GORESKI I forget sometimes that I'm in the HBO stable because I am such a fan of so much of their progra... JOHN GALLAGHER, JR. Every new medium has, within a short time of its introduction, been condemned as a threat to young p... HANNA ROSIN Stairs to climb are difficult it takes time and effort and going down is easies job... what do I mea... DEYTH BANGER The party stuff was interesting, but what lasted is that we defined a new form of participatory prog... DAVID BOHRMAN I'm not surprised 'The Avengers' has such enduring popularity, because it was a groundbr... PATRICK MACNEE As a boy, I believed freedom for America meant freedom for me. There was a time I believed every wor... BARRY WHITE Memory is a funny thing. When I was in the scene, I hardly paid it any mind. I never stopped to thin... HARUKI MURAKAMI Killing myself was a matter of such indifference to me that I felt like waiting for a moment when it... FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY I'm not a reality-TV kind of guy. But it's almost like we're living in a reality show. E... CLINT EASTWOOD Every year, the Friday before the new Saturday-morning shows would premiere, the networks would do t... SETH MACFARLANE There was an image in my mind—an expectation of what it would be like when I finally gave myself f... LAURA KREITZER My very first job was working on a TV show that was a prestigious TV show and well done - was called... EDWARD ZWICK It’s a general rule – a law of space, as it was a law of the sea in the old days, that ships had... CHRISTINA ENGELA I only made two studio movies, that was a long time ago and obviously I removed myself. I think some... CAMPBELL SCOTT This new war, like the previous one, would be a test of the power of machines against people and pla... WENDELL BERRY There isn't a place on Earth with the amount of beautiful ladies as LA. When you're young and starri... DIRK BENEDICT We never did try to get together and to show the younger Negroes such as myself, to try and even to ... LOUIS ARMSTRONG My most memorable food challenge was probably the Big Texan in Amarillo. All the big executives call... ADAM RICHMAN There was a time in childhood when I didn't yet know I was ugly. Then there was a time when I believ... C.S. LEWIS Often, the outward and visible material signs and symbols of happiness and success only show themsel... THOMAS MANN When I grew up, there was no such thing as videotape, TV was B&W. GEORGE A. ROMERO A lie, as you probably know, has a taste all its own. Blocky and bitter and never quite right, like ... JODI PICOULT I'm really not that special. Really, I'm not. I was on a big TV show, but it was just a TV show. CLAY AIKEN I knew it was time to get off of reality TV when someone asked me if I sang as well as acted. OZZY OSBOURNE I only made two studio movies, that was a long time ago and obviously I removed myself. I think some... CAMPBELL SCOTT As a new artist, you come out, and there are so many other new artists. It seems like there's a ... JASON ALDEAN I've frequently said that fall is a bad time to launch reality programming. The audience has a real ... ANDREA WONG 'Fight Master' is a show that Spike came up with. Obviously, Spike has a vested interest in ... RANDY COUTURE I preferred MTV as it used to be when it was about the music - I don't like it that now they jus... GEORGIA MAY JAGGER The new FCC rules would impose a dramatic new squeeze on the amount of advertising time available du... DAN JAFFE Disappeared' is the only way to describe it-it was as if he dissolved into thin air without so much ... YōKO OGAWA I was a 'Glee' fan before I joined the show! Since my background is musical theater, it was ... BECCA TOBIN Having a reality TV show, everyone feels like they know you, but that's only 10% of my life. The... KYLIE JENNER That show was great. He was up there in his traditional black garb and when he said his opening line... JOHN PICANO My initial goal for the 1984 opening ceremonies was a show that would be majestic, inspirational, an... DAVID L. WOLPER The only TV I would be interested in exploring would be live television. There's no substitute f... FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA When I was young, there was only one TV channel, sponsored by the government, and it only broadcast ... MO IBRAHIM I like the word 'fuck'. The word means what it means, but it also means whatever you need it to mean... LISA GLATT Ten years from now, I would like to see myself successful as a brand, like Jessica Simpson, with bab... NICOLE POLIZZI It was always late at night, when everything and everyone else was quiet, that those voices would ri... SARAH DESSEN I have new bodyguards ever since I got a TV show. I didn't know, but it's a lot like becomin... SCOTT AUKERMAN Human beings look separate because you see them walking about separately. But then we are so made th... C.S. LEWIS I was a lifelong fan and a student of the wrestling business. When I got the call to come over as a ... BOB MOULD Instead we were filling the newspaper with bland, harmless stories, and if there was anything sensit... JASPER BECKER There was a time that I was only known for being a plagiarist. It used to hurt at times because ther... PRITAM CHAKRABORTY I am waiting impatiently for the day when beleaguered, like-minded academics can order James Wolcott... CAMILLE PAGLIA Everyone wanted to believe that endless love was possible. She'd believed in it once too, back when ... NICHOLAS SPARKS Would I be as strong as that once I did that thing Christophe was talking about? Blooming? Would I s... LILITH SAINTCROW Sony was a leader in TV, looking to extend its platform and protect its current business. Samsung sa... DANIEL LEVINTHAL When I was growing up, there was a character on TV; there was a character stereotype: it was personi... JEFFREY TAMBOR I'm proud that Della was sort of a prototype for TV secretaries. There really was no such establ... BARBARA HALE Charity it was. We gave Wolcott every opportunity to take the game... Mistakes were made and then co... ED LOPES It's as if the TV was sold to you at a loss and they're going to somehow make up the money on the pr... DAN GILLMOR We fully believed, so soon as we saw that woman's suffrage was right, every one would soon see the s... ANTOINETTE BROWN BLACKWELL I believed it would succeed. It was Polish Solidarity and its victory that put an end to the old era... LECH WALESA Computer programming has been traditionally seen as something that is beyond most people - it's ... MITCHEL RESNICK He was so full of joy. And he had such a lovable spirit. Any time that anyone went over there, he wo... DAISY CASTRO I love reality TV and everything, and it's something that I truly love to do, and I love the out... KENDRA WILKINSON In such a beast as this..." (he means the army)"...it was the collective power that went, collapsing... PAUL HOFFMAN I was completely with the reality TV boom for a while. I really liked a lot of the reality TV, and t... ADAM MCKAY I started to read James Baldwin very early on in my life. At a time, as a young adult in the Sixties... RAOUL PECK There once was a time when all people believed in God and the church ruled. This time was called the... RICHARD LEDERER She has been a pastry chef and was working there, too. When I talked to her today (Friday), she said... DOROTHY DEMBOSKI I think most people played both variants and regular games. It was a period when variants were very ... FRED DAVIS There's nothing like Opening Day. There's nothing like the start of a new season. I started ... GEORGE BRETT If this were a sitcom or a reality TV show, I think it would have a very high rating. MARCUS LAWRENCE We didn't have a lot of live theater in Oklahoma. I didn't visit New York when I was growing... KELLI O'HARA Everybody has their demons that they face, and I went through a time when I thought it was impossibl... LINDSEY STIRLING The band Grizzly Bear, I think they're excellent. There's a beauty and a musicality there th... TRENT REZNOR When I hit New York in 1972, I thought I was a sprinter. I thought that I would star in a Broadway s... BETH GRANT I'm trying to write a TV show. Ideally it would be just a reality-TV show, getting the guy who p... PATRICK CARNEY The church was at 78th and Wolcott. HARRY KAMPENGA When the politicians complain that TV turns the proceedings into a circus, it should be made clear t... EDWARD R. MURROW There is nothing that is such a waste of time a keeping something as important and sacred for a long... SLONDIWE PHAKADE Red Dust was about the late 1980s; it was a time of burgeoning hopes and opening up and people searc... MA JIAN Your chemistry high school teacher lied to you when they told you that there was such a thing as a v... ADAM RIESS I think the kids in school that laughed at the clothes that we wore and the house that we lived in, ... JIMMY DEAN People don't have time to waste and certainly not on cleaning every nook and cranny of the shower. L... LAURA DELLUTRI Michael Landon was the biggest influence. As a child, I watched him write, direct, star, and produce... PATRICK LABYORTEAUX That's SHIT! How do you remove it? You just put it inside the trash, easy as that. DEYTH BANGER It was young, idealistic and wonderful. 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JAMES ALLEN A man is literally what he thinks. JAMES ALLEN The man who sows wrong thoughts and deeds and prays that God will bless him is in the position of a ... JAMES ALLEN The law of harvest is to reap more than you sow. Sow an act, and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and y... JAMES ALLEN I am just happy to be part of the Nike family. LEBRON JAMES There is a lot of pressure put on me, but I don't put a lot of pressure on myself. I feel if I p... LEBRON JAMES I'm confident with my ability. LEBRON JAMES Where I grew up - I grew up on the north side of Akron, lived in the projects. So those scared and l... LEBRON JAMES But now, being a parent, I go home and see my son and I forget about any mistake I ever made or the ... LEBRON JAMES There are some teams and logos you see, no matter where you are in the world, and you know exactly w... LEBRON JAMES Warren Buffet told me once and he said always follow your gut. When you have that gut feeling, you h... LEBRON JAMES Every night on the court I give my all, and if I'm not giving 100 percent, I criticize myself. LEBRON JAMES When you have that respect from your teammates, it makes it a lot more comfortable. LEBRON JAMES I think, team first. It allows me to succeed, it allows my team to succeed. LEBRON JAMES I'm going to use all my tools, my God-given ability, and make the best life I can with it. LEBRON JAMES Last year, I was on Threat Matrix. We were on Thursday against Friends and Survivor; so this year it... JAMES DENTON There's nothing wrong with falling in love and sharing your life with someone. LILY JAMES Being on a boat that's moving through the water, it's so clear. Everything falls into place ... JAMES TAYLOR I treated it like every day was my last day with a basketball. LEBRON JAMES I think a bishop who doesn't give offence to anyone is probably not a good bishop. JAMES THOMSON It's hard to know which stars in the sky will turn into black holes. And which ones will open up... JAMES ALTUCHER The James Brown story is not about James Brown. It's about who's getting paid, whose interes... JAMES MCBRIDE The question of religion in black America is something filmmakers don't want to touch. JAMES MCBRIDE In a way, light unites the spiritual world and the ephemeral, physical world. People frequently talk... JAMES TURRELL I know there's Brooklyn and all the boroughs, but Manhattan specifically is so condensed that th... THEO JAMES The men whose manhood you have broken will loathe you, and will always be brooding and scheming to s... JAMES LARKIN Supernatural movies generally have a much more brooding pace. If you look at films like 'The Six... JAMES WAN