That's a very hard thing to help the establishment know. We're still an establishment that thinks the average mentality is something like 13 years of age, that never forgot H.L. Mencken's notion that nobody lost money underestimating the intelligence of the American people. That's the horseshit the establishment has always lived with.

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

If there is a reason to believe in God, it would be the Havana Leaf.

As H.L. Mencken once said, 'nobody ever when broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people.' Our show [All in the Family] countered that witticism. I think he was wrong.

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 think what's dangerous is 24 hours a day, 335 channels, or whatever the hell there is. Too much is too much.