I don't expect to win every battle but I think Fred Pierce has enough respect for me that I can go fight my battles and win my share.

I think we have erred on the side of being too conservative so far, to tell you the truth.

But unlike the setup in most organizations, where there's an administrator on top and creative people or doers underneath, I'm basically a doer and I like to have administrative people underneath me.

One of the reasons why when Elvis dies or the Son of Sam is captured ABC News' ratings go up is because people who don't normally watch news are watching then. The question is, do you want to attract people who don't watch network news or fight over the people who do?

I don't think any industry was ever as closely scrutinized and written about and constantly in the public eye as television.

People also don't care about the daily comings and goings of diplomats and yet we must report it.

I respect the game that goes on of putting this against that, but I don't respect, nor do I enjoy, an awful lot of the actual programs that go on the air.