I've had it-the agencies, the winking, the networks, the ratings. Anyone who thinks TV is an art medium is crazy-it's an advertising medium.

I'll give you the same advice I give my children: Never take advice from anybody.

[M*A*S*H] didn't get released by FOX, it escaped.

Wisdom and love have nothing to do with each other. Wisdom is staying alive, survival. You're wise if you don't stick your finger in the light plug. Love - you'll stick your finger in anything.

All of my films deal with the same thing: striving, socially and culturally, to stay alive.

They'll never give me an Oscar. And I sincerely, honestly don't care. I always turn up when I'm nominated and it would be nice to get one, but to win one would be bad luck. It comes with too much expectation. It would be the end.

Your own ego is the only trap that I think you can fall into.