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.

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

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

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

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

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

I think for television generally, the question that often arises is, "Does television lead, or does it follow?" You know, does it lead the conversation, or culture, or does it follow what's going on? And I think it does both.