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.

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

I'm sensitive about my image of being hard to reach.

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

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.

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

Television is a powerful medium that has to be used for something better than sitcoms and police shows. On the other hand, if you don't recognize the forces that play on what people watch and what they don't then you're a fool and you should be in a different business.