Meryl Streep belongs on anybody's list of greats.

Being the offspring of English teachers is a mixed blessing. When the film star says to you, on the air, 'It was a perfect script for she and I,' inside your head you hear, in the sarcastic voice of your late father, 'Perfect for she, eh? And perfect for I, also?'

You would have to be naive to think you can appear on television and not have the material edited in some way.

Just think of all the billions of coincidences that don't happen.

I feel like I've been watching Irwin Corey forever. I saw him in the 1950s, and I thought he was old then.

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.

I've actually gotten so I don't associate television with entertainment very much.