You know, you throw rocks in the lake and scientists will tell you you're raising the level of the lake, but all you get to see is the ripple.

Life goes on pretty much the same way. I've been working on a couple of films on the side. You may see some more. You may even see another television show.

You're in the business - when you're a writer, producer, director - to get ratings.

We had a Judeo-Christian ethic hanging around a couple thousand years that didn't help erase racism at all. So the notion of the little half-hour comedy changing things is something I think is silly.

The American people may not be the best-educated, but they're very wise at heart.

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.

As a matter of fact, when people ask where my 'point of view' comes from, it was there in one of the first sketches we wrote for [Dean] Martin and [Jerry] Lewis.