People don't want to be bothered, if they're not being pressured to change. You have to push people. You have to be the agitator that makes the pearl.

The Golden Girls certainly proved that there was a large audience for a show about older women.

I think loss of loved ones is the hardest blow in life.

I know George Burns was a very happy man.

I think in my case, I had no choice but to have a good sense of humor. I grew up with my dad, Danny Thomas, and George Burns and Bob Hope and Milton Berle and Sid Caesar and all those guys were at our house all the time and telling jokes and making each other laugh.

As much success came to him, my father stayed true to his promise. He built the hospital to help the most helpless children with catastrophic illnesses.

One of the many reasons I love living in New York is that we get a front row seat to the innumerable thrills that take place here - from conventions and awards shows, to parades and U.N. assemblies. But my favorite New York tradition is the annual New Year's Eve ball-drop on Times Square.