I think somehow I got a sense of the foolishness of the human - my favorite phrase, the foolishness of the human condition.

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

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.

TV that people will never see, that giant international corporations will never touch, will never pay your salary.

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

The establishment uses that rationale all the time, and that's why we do what we do. But leadership requires some understanding that you can say no. People have base instincts, but the transcendent also appeal to them.

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