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The whole ecosystem of celebrity has broken down for writers. If you go back to the '50s, '60s, and '70s, writers were on TV a lot, and they were allowed to misbehave a lot.

— James Wolcott

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I think there are a lot more writers who are actors than you know; they just don't have roles on famous TV shows that you recognize.

— Danny Strong

The celebrity sense of writers is something which is very tempting... But the enthusiasm comes from the fact that it's such a natural activity, storytelling.

— Jim Crace

Celebrity culture has gone crazy, and I think the reason is that real news is just not bearable, and it also seems impossible to change anything.

— Chris Martin

Even a modicum of celebrity is hard to deal with. You see it with actors and directors all the time.

— Paul Haggis

Celebrities become excluded from everyday life, kind of in exile in an echelon that is deemed better, anyway: Life of celebrity, all the fame and glamor.

— Jack Gleeson

People have always been obsessed by celebrities. There are just more outlets and opportunities to make a living exploiting that obsession nowadays.

— Don Cheadle

Journalists have made celebrities into an industry.

— Stefanie Powers

I feel like there's something interesting to learn from anyone's story, no matter their place in society. I think we've gotten really far away from that - we're in such a celebrity-obsessed culture.

— Liz Goldwyn

I think television keeps on being a place where writers can go, and if they're successful, they can have their way, and they can have creative freedom.

— James L. Brooks

✗Opposing Perspectives

The great thing about celebrity culture is that they can't seem to stop themselves from displaying their ridiculous behaviour. I feel it's my job as a serious investigative journalist to witness all kinds of behaviour and then report back to the audience through the prism of my own anger and bitterness.

— Kathy Griffin