The writers are the stars of every really successful sitcom.

I cannot stand the people who get wonderful starts in show business and who abuse it. Lindsay Lohan and Charlie Sheen, for example, although there are plenty of others, too. They are the most blessed people in the world, and they don't appreciate it.

I think a lot of people like hidden-camera shows where they think they're spying on somebody who doesn't know they're looking at them. And nobody takes it seriously - you either enjoy it and get a laugh out of the reactions or not.

Why retire from something if you're loving it so much and enjoying it so much, and you're blessed with another group of people to work with like the gang on 'Hot in Cleveland?' Why would I think of retiring? What would I do with myself?

I'm in the middle of my sixth book, which is about animals at the Los Angeles Zoo.

I'm a big cockeyed optimist. I try to accentuate the positive as opposed to the negative.

I know unless I'm true to myself I couldn't be happy. Too much emphasis is placed today on externals and too little on character.