... For all our alarm, it is clear that the religious right is responding to a real hunger in our society... a deep-seated yearning for stable values... When conservative Christian groups talk of failures in our educational system, the erosion of our moral standards, and the waste of young lives, they are addressing real and legitimate concerns... Among secularists, the aversion toward discussion of moral values, let alone religion, can reach absurd extremes.

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

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

You're in the business - when you're a writer, producer, director - to get ratings.

I don't know how you can look back with regret if you're at a moment when everything seems fine.

I think the greater responsibility, in terms of morality, is where leadership begins.

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