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

I think that of most leaders in religion as power brokers. They give orders, in a sense, to an audience every week, and that's where the definition of God starts.

The complete control of one party over everything - I would, I think, feel the same way if it were [the Democrats in charge]. It's not the American way.

I like getting up in the morning, and I like better having something to do when I get up in the morning.

You're in the business - when you're a writer, producer, director - to get ratings.

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

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.