NORMAN CORWIN QUOTE OF THE WEEK for November 26, 2023
I was against any kind of fixed society that would demand obedience to a position. I feel that it’s the supreme right of the individual to express himself and to act by his consci ...
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NORMAN CORWIN QUOTE OF THE WEEK for November 19, 2023
The men who were masterless but free now have a master but no freedom. However, they have discipline and a scapegoat, and one can go far on that. “On A Note Of Triumph” broadcast ...
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NORMAN CORWIN QUOTE OF THE WEEK for November 12, 2023
Just as madmen do not think they are mad, and bores think they are fascinating, pedants are never aware of their pedantry. “Pilpul” from the book “Trivializing America” (1983) ...
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NORMAN CORWIN QUOTE OF THE WEEK for November 5, 2023
Radio has changed the world. It was a development by which a voice, a single voice, could be heard worldwide by millions of people. And that is a political instrument whose ramifi ...
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NORMAN CORWIN QUOTE OF THE WEEK for October 29, 2023
Just as it is advisable to count the spoons after a guest brags of honesty, it is well to mind particulars when generalities are flying loose. “Simplifications” from the book “Tri ...
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NORMAN CORWIN QUOTE OF THE WEEK for October 22, 2023
We learned out of World War II that we had learned nothing out of World War I. “The Poet Laureate of Radio: An Interview with Norman Corwin” December 28, 2004 ...
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NORMAN CORWIN QUOTE OF THE WEEK for October 15, 2023
Now a compound fracture is a wicked thing, and so is a missing part. For Nature, in all her wisdom and notwithstanding her proven generosity, Made no allowances for blast. “There ...
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NORMAN CORWIN QUOTE OF THE WEEK for October 8, 2023
There is no term in radio that is equivalent to couch potato or boob tube because the radio listener had to collaborate with what he was hearing as one collaborates with the autho ...
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NORMAN CORWIN QUOTE OF THE WEEK for October 1, 2023
I think that the Golden Age of Radio was the shortest golden age in history. “The Poet Laureate of Radio: An Interview with Norman Corwin” December 28, 2004 ...
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NORMAN CORWIN QUOTE OF THE WEEK for September 24, 2023
Lobbyists have the right legally to lobby their heads off directly to the public—through media, barnstorming speeches, and all channels open to free speech—but corporation contrib ...
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