I wanted to meet Bob Hope, and I got to know him pretty well.

'All in the Family' took ten weeks to take off in 1971, and we were lucky to start in January, because if it had started in the regular fall season of 1970, I don't know if we would have lasted. The ratings didn't take off until the end of that fall season, when the other two networks ran out of fresh shows.

Life is about having a good time, and it was a good time. We did some things well and some things poorly, but that was always the case.

I think America, unfortunately, collectively thinks of itself as the 'chosen people.' To my knowledge, there are no chosen people, we are all human beings.

In my 90-plus years, I have lived a multitude of lives.

Nobody doubts my partisanship, but a lot of the activity is nonpartisan.

I think Americans have become a - much more a nation of consumers than citizens.