I thought to myself, 'why not write a bestseller?' In the first place, more people buy them and more people read them. You make more money and it doesnโt take any more time to write a bestseller than it does to write a book nobody buys.
George BurnsMy major contribution to the format was to suggest that I be able to step out of the plot and speak directly to the audience, and then be able to go right back into the action. That was an original idea of mine; I know it was because I originally stole it from Thornton Wilder's play Our Town.
George BurnsIt's no surprise that things are so screwed up: everyone that knows how to run a government is either driving taxicabs or cutting hair.
George BurnsIf I had taken my doctor's advice and quit smoking when he advised me to, I wouldn't have lived to go to his funeral.
George Burns