Culturally, I think 'All in the Family' was universal enough to have good timing at any time.

If there is a reason to believe in God, it would be the Havana Leaf.

When I countered that Archie Bunker didn't have to put down a race of people to say that, he replied, 'and you're the dumbest white kid I've ever met.'

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.

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

I think what's dangerous is 24 hours a day, 335 channels, or whatever the hell there is. Too much is too much.

America is a country of excess.