I really wasn't too interested in writing "Father Knows Best" and "Ozzie And Harriet." I thought they were pleasant enough, but it wasn't really what I wanted to do.

It's always helpful to learn from your mistakes because then your mistakes seem worthwhile.

I wrote three years for Lucille Ball. She taught me everything I know about physical comedy...

Never underestimate the power of your sister.

Now women are rising to great positions and they run most of the studios now.

I always remember writing a page of jokes for a comedian and handing it to him backstage at a club and he read it and then took his cigarette lighter and lit the page on...

In the middle of Beaches there's a scene from the "Laverne & Shirley" TV show so they see some history of my work in each film.