Paddy Chayefsky Quotes


Paddy Chayefsky

It`s always the generals with the bloodiest records who are the first to shout what a hell it is. And it`s always the war widows who lead the Memorial Day parades.

Artists don`t talk about art. Artists talk about work. If I have anything to say to young writers, it`s stop thinking of writing as art. Think of it as work.

God save us from people who do the morally right thing. It`s always the rest of us who get broken in half.

You British plundered half the world for your own profit. Let`s not pass it off as the Age of Enlightenment.

You don`t send a man to his death because you want a hero.

I`m a man without a corporation.

Television is democracy at its ugliest.






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Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay
Paddy Chayefsky
Academy Award for Best Writing (Original Screenplay)
Paddy Chayefsky
BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay
Paddy Chayefsky
Academy Award for Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Paddy Chayefsky
Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay
Paddy Chayefsky
Academy Award for Best Writing (Original Screenplay) 1970–1979
Paddy Chayefsky