I decided that what I really wanted to do was go off and paint.

Never eat anything at one sitting that you can't lift.

The most sophisticated people I've ever known had just one thing in common: they were all in touch with their inner children.

No time is wasted time

When The Muppet Show ended, we all sat around and said, what kind of television show would we like to do. We felt the need these days are for some quality children's programming.

When I was a kid, I never saw a puppet show. I never played with puppets or had any interest in them.

Yeah, well when I first started working, it was $5 a show; it was probably a little higher by the time I got to my own show, but I remember that they put me under contract at $100 a week, which to me was really an astronomical price.