I live a sensible life. You know, I don't take on too much.

It's a tribute to the human brain that anyone is able to function out there on television in a talk situation that is entirely artificial.

I guess the best advice I ever got or anyone could get for doing a talk show, though it has not been easy very often, was from Jack Paar, who said, 'Kid, don't make it an interview. Interviews have clipboards, and you're like David Frost. Make it a conversation.'

The idea that hunting is one against one is ludicrous. It's one animal versus the hunter, the manufacturer of the rifle, the bullet maker, the designer and manufacturer of the telescopic sight, the auto manufacturer who made the car the hunter got to the edge of the wild in, the maker of his waterproof shoes, the various manufacturers of his mittens, glasses, overcoat - and that's only the beginning of the list. The "sportsman" who shoots an animal should then make a speech, like the actor who wins an Oscar does, thanking the multitudes behind the scenes who made this "victory" possible.

Every time someone says, 'You know, we really ought to get together,' if I were really honest, I would ask 'Why?'

I know what it feels like to be a gun lover.

I think we live in an age of increasing mediocrity.