Backstage Quotes

“When asked, I told the board that public television should never be judged by the number of people who watch. That’s a competition we’ll never win, but rather, the measure is the impact our programming has on the people who do watch.”
― Ron Hull, Backstage: Stories from My Life in Public Television

“I miss those days of live television. There was that electric sense of excitement, of importance, when you sent that signal, at that very moment into people’s homes. That sense of urgency is diminished in the refinement of perfecting everything through multiple tapings until the talent and production crew get it right. Often during this process the original vitality is lost along with that sense of power, of instantly connecting with the audience”
― Ron Hull, Backstage: Stories from My Life in Public Television

“I learned a long time ago that if you can read, you can do anything.”
― Ron Hull, Backstage: Stories from My Life in Public Television

“Do anything you wish, but remember, someone is always watching.”
― Ron Hull, Backstage: Stories from My Life in Public Television

“Experiences create a good storyteller. Some stories come to us with no effort, and others we have to go out and find.”
― Ron Hull, Backstage: Stories from My Life in Public Television

“The roots of our lives are not planted in our time. We stand on the hopes and dreams, the sacrifices and the labors, of myriad others who have given us the opportunity to have productive lives.”
― Ron Hull, Backstage: Stories from My Life in Public Television

“From the wide Missouri to the foothills of the Rockies there is a beautiful stretch of land called Nebraska.”
― Ron Hull, Backstage: Stories from My Life in Public Television