Where the work goes, I go. Wherever adulation occurs, that's where you'll find me.

[on making the transition from the comedy "Mary Tyler Moore" (1970) to its dramatic spin-off series "Lou Grant" (1977)] We were really worried about changing over from a three-camera, half-hour comedy to a one-camera, full-hour drama. The audience wasn't ready for the switch - even CBS billed us in their promos as a comedy. In fact, the whole thing was impossible. But we didn't know that.

I was a newspaper editor in high school, and I truly thought of journalism as a career. I loved it.

To my knowledge, there is no blacklist. But there is a mindset, even among liberal producers, that says 'He may be difficult so let's avoid him.'

I got some news for you. One, there is no Jesus. Two, there is no God. Three, mind your own business and everything works out.

There are genuinely sufficient resources in the world to ensure that no one, nowhere, at no time, should go hungry.

The treasure shouldn't do the hunting, and you're a treasure.