Occupation: Lobbyist Birth: September 5, 1921 Death: April 26, 2007
No one today knows what is indecent..
I found the most convincing part to be the working stiffs, the guys who have a modest home and kids who go to public schools. They make $75,000 to $1….
I don't care if you call it AO for Adults Only, or Chopped Liver or Father Goose. Your movie will still have the stigma of being in a category that's….
If what you own cannot be protected, you own nothing..
There is no fair use to take something that doesn't belong to you. That's not fair use..
Washington and Hollywood spring from the same DNA..
I sleep each night a little better, a little more confidently, because Lyndon Johnson is my president..
A public domain work is an orphan. No one is responsible for its life. But everyone exploits its use, until that time certain when it becomes soiled ….
If you buy a DVD you have a copy. If you want a backup copy you buy another one..
To many Congressmen and Senators right now, there's a ceaseless antagonism toward Hollywood because politically, it is high-reward and low-risk. So w….
In a sometimes unreasonable business, Jack Valenti was a giant voice of reason. He was the greatest ambassador Hollywood has ever known and I will va….
The public's nerves are raw and edgy. You have to be discreet and understanding about the films you are showing..
In a political struggle, never get personal - else the dagger digs too deep..
It is called the First Amendment. ...Simple words marching in seried ranks. Compact, concise. To the point. Clear and pure. It's freedom's music..
A huge parasite in the marketplace, feeding and fattening itself off of local television stations and copyright owners of copyrighted material. We do….
Every parent in America has the total power to control all television programming that is dispatched to their home today..
The VCR is to the American film producer, as the Boston Strangler is to the woman home alone..
Film-makers must decide what story to tell and how to tell it..
What is fair use? Fair use is not a law. There's nothing in law..
The only group in America that deserves to scrutinize what we are doing... are parents..
If movies are causing moral decay, then crime ought to be going up, but crime is going down..