David L. Wolper

“I don't want to make an 'Animal House.' I'm not interested in making 'Ghost Busters.'”

“I make the money, and I don't have to take the abuse some of the stars do, opening up their personal life. I can go into a restaurant, sit down, and have a nice meal without being harassed....”

“We couldn't predict what would happen with 'Roots.' You knew there were powerful moments that were going to affect people. We were making the film while the book was being completed. We were...”

“I've asked every grammar schoolteacher in the nation to have their students write on the meaning of the Statue of Liberty. Wouldn't it be wonderful if the winning kid got up to the microphon...”

“I don't fall in love with inanimate objects. I don't bond with them. I only fall in love with people.”

“Somebody said something funny to me the other day. They said, 'Wolper, until two weeks ago, your tombstone was going to say, 'David Wolper, the man who produced 'Roots.' I think the tombston...”

“Relax! Life is beautiful!”

“Motion pictures are a director's medium. Broadway is a writer's medium. Television is a producer's medium. I picked a medium I could control.”

“What prevailed was that it was a family story, so it didn't matter what the color. It was also the perfect subject matter for a miniseries: A best-selling book, a generational story, a socia...”

“Continuity is a wonderful thing, and it is a very rare thing in show business.”