Cable had a latitude to move which created less censorship and bestowed upon the artists, the writers and the creators, more liberty to create their shows. – Daniel Gillies
Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the books that nobody reads. – George Bernard Shaw
I have a very specific definition of censorship. Censorship must be done by the government or it’s not censorship. – Penn Jillette
What is also strange to me is that public libraries have always been in the forefront of opposing censorship. – Matthew Lesko
I suppose that writers should, in a way, feel flattered by the censorship laws. They show a primitive fear and dread at the fearful magic of print. – John Mortimer
We get on the bandwagon in all sorts of ways – you know minor ways and major ways – like what you’ve just encountered which isn’t censorship exactly, it was something sort of uglier in a way. – Kathy Acker
I’m opposed to censorship of any kind, especially by government. But it’s plain common sense that producers should target their product with some kind of sensitivity. – Lee Child
We Negro writers, just by being black, have been on the blacklist all our lives. Censorship for us begins at the color line. – Langston Hughes
I think what we have in this country is a little more dangerous in a way because it can’t be seen fully. It’s sorta internal censorship. We censor each other. – Kathy Acker
An unread author is an author who is a victim of the worst kind of censorship, indifference – a censorship more effective than the Ecclesiastical Index. – Octavio Paz
You seldom get a censorship attempt from a 14-year-old boy. It’s the adults who get upset. – Robert Cormier
China’s censorship and propaganda systems may be complex and multilayered, but they are obviously not well coordinated. – Rebecca MacKinnon
In China, the problem is that with the system of censorship that’s now in place, the user doesn’t know to what extent, why, and under what authority there’s been censorship. There’s no way of appealing. There’s no due process. – Rebecca MacKinnon
An attack upon our ability to tell stories is not just censorship – it is a crime against our nature as human beings. – Salman Rushdie
As a condition for entry into the Chinese market, Apple had to agree to the Chinese government’s censorship criteria in vetting the content of all iPhone apps available for download on devices sold in mainland China. – Rebecca MacKinnon
The trend in China is toward tighter and tighter control. They are basically improving their censorship mechanisms. – Rebecca MacKinnon
There was no censorship of the press: in general, the War Measures Act could have been made even more radical. – Robert Bourassa
Censorship is the thing that stops you doing what you want to do, and what writers want to talk about is what they do, not what stops them doing it. – Salman Rushdie
Vietnam was the first war ever fought without any censorship. Without censorship, things can get terribly confused in the public mind. – William Westmoreland
They still had the Lord Chamberlain, so we had this idiotic censorship. We were allowed three Jesus Christs instead of 10. Why three were OK, I don’t know. – Uta Hagen
