Life is about having a good time.

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

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

We had a Judeo-Christian ethic hanging around a couple thousand years that didn't help erase racism at all. So the notion of the little half-hour comedy changing things is something I think is silly.

There was no real controversy with All In The Family. That came from the people on the business end.

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.

Originally, with all the shows, we went looking for belly laughs.