We all [Ed Simmons,Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis] started together, so there were no rules - anything we wrote became television.

The movies had a slogan at the time, to distinguish themselves from TV, that said 'movies are better than ever.'

The evidence seems clear that those business which actively serve their many constitutencies in creative, morally thoughtful ways also, over the long run, serve their shareholders best. Companies do, infact, do well by doing good.

In this nation, leadership is dollars.

I got a call from an agent to come to New York City, and write for the 'Ford Star Revue.' Because at the time there wasn't much 'national television'.

When something is over, it is over.

So we gravitated to shows and issues and causes that made people care.