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

Next up [new TV stars] was [Dean] Martin and [Jerry] Lewis on 'The Colgate Comedy Hour.'

So we gravitated to shows and issues and causes that made people care.

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.

If there was a sense of - a bigger sense of responsibility in the various leadership positions in America, things would be not as grotesquely overly done as they are now.

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

In my 90-plus years, I have lived a multitude of lives.