The Nixon administration kept a nasty eye on our show... Cops would come by - often just in time to see the act they wanted to see.

I would not ever try to be a show intellectual, which I was accused of doing a while on ABC. I thought you were supposed to read the guests' books.

Running my show is really like an actor being in repertory but where, in one day in one performance, you do scenes from a drama, a farce, a low comedy and a tragedy.

Japanese is sort of a hobby of mine, and I can get around Japan with ease.

Anything seen on TV is, in a subtle and sinister sense, thereby endorsed.

Radio, which was a much better medium than television will ever be, was easy and pleasant to listen to. Your mind filled automatically with images.

The mob became unruly and the police were forced to resort to sex.