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

I stop and look at traffic accidents. I won't hang around, but when I hear something is terrible, as bad as it is, I've gotta look at it.

We just may be the most well-informed, yet least self-aware, people in history.

We got ratings. It isn't that they won't quarrel with you, or say you're always right. But as long as you stay strong and the ratings are good and you're reasonable - I don't think we fought unreasonably. We basically won that right.

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

Bud [Yorkin] was the kindest and dearest man, and one of the most talented directors there was.

I was writing for live television. And I said to myself, someday, soon as I can, I have got to do a situation comedy.