I would fix other people's lines if they asked me on occasion. The hard part of writing is the architecture of it, getting the story and structuring it. Not the tweaking of lines.

The business is built on slowing or even stopping the aging process.

If you watch Cheers, in 12 years they didn't age a day.

And I have to credit David Jacobs with the opportunities he gave me. He was totally into sharing the creation of characters. David put together a show that told the story of people over many years' time and that was greatly enjoyable. Though nowadays that is frowned upon.

Joey, my older brother, had his own TV show in the '50s, along with Cathy Callahan.

It worked well because Don Murray didn't want to be on Knots anymore.

I try to watch only real things, which basically amounts to C-Span for me. I like real people in real situations. I learn from that.