That's the heart of it: My shows were not that controversial with the American people. They were controversial with the people who think for the American people.

The complete control of one party over everything - I would, I think, feel the same way if it were [the Democrats in charge]. It's not the American way.

I like getting up in the morning, and I like better having something to do when I get up in the morning.

There was no real controversy with All In The Family. That came from the people on the business end.

I started by writing, with my partner Ed Simmons, a monologue for Danny Thomas, that he performed at Ciro's nightclub in Los Angeles.

I never met who I really wanted to meet, and that was Charlie Chaplin.

I looked at enough of American Idol in the first weeks, and they're all about humiliation. I listen to Rush Limbaugh because I find it so repulsive. There are people with a little less sophistication who watch a lot of it, because we allow things to appeal to our baser instincts. But at the same moment, give me a little choice, and I'll make a better decision, because I have that ability too. And so does everybody else.