E Unibus Pluram Quotes

“Statisticians report that television is watched over six hours a day in the average American household. I don't know any fiction writers who live in average American households. I suspect Louise Erdrich might. Actually I have never seen an average American household. Except on TV.”
― David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments

“Television, from the surface on down, is about desire. Fictionally speaking, desire is the sugar in human food”
― David Foster Wallace