Larry Gelbart
Larry Gelbart
Lawrence Simon "Larry" Gelbart was an American television writer, playwright, screenwriter and author, most famous as a creator and producer of the record-breaking hit TV show M*A*S*H...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScreenwriter
Date of Birth25 February 1928
CityChicago, IL
CountryUnited States of America
stars mean thinking
I don't think you can name a good picture where the production or the possible promotion isn't "cast-contingent." That means the film needs not just star power but star box office power.
mean technology thinking
I think technology is such that we can reach new heights but we need some of the basics of the pre-technological age. It's counter-productive to be able to type a hundred words a minute but not know what the words mean.
thinking wind people
I think it makes people frustrated when they have to live their actual lives commercial free and they can't just magically wind up at the part with the happy ending.
writing thinking numbers
I write what I write and I honestly don't care if it gets on or not. I'm writing to see if I can find out some of what I think about any number of situations. I work it out in the writing.
exercise thinking imagination
I think the greatest imagination we can exercise is one that imagines how someone else feels. Because you know how you feel, but so often we attribute our own feelings on to someone else.
campaign fulfilling talk
Talk about fulfilling a campaign promise, ... M*A*S*H.
credit people terribly
A lot of people credit him with being terribly influential in their careers,
bitter states jokes
Most jokes state a bitter truth.
optimist recovering
I'm a recovering optimist.
today television audience
Today's audience knows more about what's on television than what's in life.
new-york war rain
A war is like when it rains in New York and everybody crowds into doorways, ya know? And they all get chummy together. Perfect strangers. The only difference, of course, is in a war it's also raining on the other side of the street and the people who are chummy over there are trying to kill the people who are over here who are chums.
funny weapons television
Television is a weapon of mass distractrion.
nature burning amazon
The Amazon is still burning; we just don't hear the smoke detectors anymore.
style
Your style is formed by what you can't do.