112 Quotes by Norman Lear

The American people may not be the best-educated, but they’re very wise at heart.

It was very important to me that Archie have a likable face, because the point of the character was to show that if bigotry and intolerance didn’t exist in the hearts and minds of the good people, the average people, it would not be the endemic problem it is in our society.

When we went on the air, I didn’t want to be interrupted for an act-one curtain.

That’s the heart of it: My shows were not that controversial with the American people. They were controversial with the people who think for the American people.