People see Archie Bunker everywhere. Particularly girls; poor girls, rich girls, all kinds of girls are always coming up to me and telling me that Archie is just like their dad.

Sheer flattery got me into the theater. Flattery always works with me, particularly the flattery of women.

Conventional show-biz savvy held that Americans hated to be the objects of satire.

Some people thought we were presenting Archie as a false character. President Nixon thought we were making a fool out of a good man.

It was a lack of system that made the '30s Depression as inevitable as all others previously suffered.

Nothing but the heart can change the heart.

In a capitalist society, persons who create capital, like Michael Eisner, are given the staggering rewards.