Quotes By Dick Cavett
The trick to writing for people is, you have to be able to turn them on in your head. And know how they'd word something or how they'd inflect it.
Dick Cavett
I don't think anyone ever gets over the surprise of how differently one audience's reaction is from another.
Dick Cavett
Show people tend to treat their finances like their dentistry. They assume the man handling it knows what he is doing.
Dick Cavett
I'm not sure why writing for others became harder. Probably a reluctance to give away anything you might conceivably use yourself caused a block. I did it, but it remained hard when it had once been easy.
Dick Cavett
Once I left out what I then considered my best line because there was a suspected column rat in the house.
Dick Cavett
The Nixon administration kept a nasty eye on our show... Cops would come by - often just in time to see the act they wanted to see.
Dick Cavett
Years have passed since I have set foot in a comedy club. If the comic is doing badly it's painful, and if the comic is doing brilliantly, it's extremely painful.
Dick Cavett
Radio, which was a much better medium than television will ever be, was easy and pleasant to listen to. Your mind filled automatically with images.
Dick Cavett