I never met who I really wanted to meet, and that was Charlie Chaplin.

We all [Ed Simmons,Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis] started together, so there were no rules - anything we wrote became television.

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

The establishment uses that rationale all the time, and that's why we do what we do. But leadership requires some understanding that you can say no. People have base instincts, but the transcendent also appeal to them.

The movies had a slogan at the time, to distinguish themselves from TV, that said 'movies are better than ever.'

As a matter of fact, when people ask where my 'point of view' comes from, it was there in one of the first sketches we wrote for [Dean] Martin and [Jerry] Lewis.

Ratings translate into corporations, corporations that need a profit statement this quarter that's larger than the last.