I guess the story that best defines us [with Bud Yorkin] and our relationship goes back to the [Dean] Martin and [Jerry] Lewis show. The four stage managers on that show became major TV creators and directors - John Rich, Jack Smight, Arthur Penn and Bud Yorkin.

TV that people will never see, that giant international corporations will never touch, will never pay your salary.

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

Bud [Yorkin] broke out big when he did 'The Fred Astaire Show' and won four Emmys. His wife at the time suggested that we team up. We got a lot of press in show business papers, and a number of offers...we eventually signed with Paramount Pictures. But I always like to say, his was the horse that we rode in on. That is my favorite recollection.

Success is how you collect your minutes.

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

Archie Bunker used to call me 'the laziest white kid he'd ever met.'