What is an ending? There's no such thing. Death is the only ending.

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

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.

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

Maybe there's a chance to get back to grown-up films. Anything that uses humor and dramatic values to deal with human emotions and gets down to what people are to people.

Most of my films I call arena films. I deal with a confined area -- an arena -- and I try to cover every aspect of it.

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.