Bud [Yorkin] broke out big when he did 'The Fred Astaire Show' and won four Emmys. His wife at the time suggested that we team up. We got a lot of press in show business papers, and a number of offers...we eventually signed with Paramount Pictures. But I always like to say, his was the horse that we rode in on. That is my favorite recollection.

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

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

I got a call from an agent to come to New York City, and write for the 'Ford Star Revue.' Because at the time there wasn't much 'national television'.

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

I think if you're feeling great about where you are, everything that led up to it had to be terrific.

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.