William F. Buckley was a man who had a great capacity for fun and for amusing himself by amazing others. Dick Cavett amazeamusebuckley Change image and share on social
I think I'd be pretty easy to write for. Dick Cavett easyprettywrite Change image and share on social
Censorship feeds the dirty mind more than the four-letter word itself. Dick Cavett censorshipdirtyfeed Change image and share on social
Chris Matthews can't start any sentence without 'Let me ask you this... ' And I love Chris Matthews! But almost everybody in journalism does it. Who's stopping you? Just say it! Dick Cavett chrisjournalismlove Change image and share on social
I did standup while still working for Johnny Carson in the mid-'60s, thus gaining the advantage of at least getting laughs from him about how I hadn't the night before. Dick Cavett 60sadvantagecarson Change image and share on social
Obviously those who burn to be professional jesters mean that they want to be successful comedians. And those are always an elite, microscopic portion of the population. But oh, how they try. Dick Cavett burncomedianelite Change image and share on social
Anyone working in the media can tell you that there seems to be an always-ready-to-explode segment of the populace for whom offense is a fate worse than anything imaginable. You'd think offense is one of the most calamitous things that could happen to a human being; right up there with the loss of a limb, or just missing a parking space. Dick Cavett badlycalamitousexplode share on social
It's not always easy to identify your own voice. It comes with time. Dick Cavett easyidentifytime Change image and share on social
Running my show is really like an actor being in repertory but where, in one day in one performance, you do scenes from a drama, a farce, a low comedy and a tragedy. Dick Cavett actorcomedyday Change image and share on social
All three of my parents - I also had a stepmother - were teachers, and my dad taught high school, and as he always reminded me when I was going to spend some money on something, 'Your mother and I, in the Depression, had to decide whether to spend a dime on a loaf of bread or if we could go to a movie with it.' Dick Cavett breaddaddecide share on social