Ratings translate into corporations, corporations that need a profit statement this quarter that's larger than the last..

I think Americans have become a - much more a nation of consumers than citizens..

'All in the Family' took ten weeks to take off in 1971, and we were lucky to start in January, because if it had started in the regular fall season o….

The trafficking of sex and violence is comes after the demand for ratings..

I wish I knew how we achieve the goal of world peace. My bumper sticker reads 'Just Another Version of You.' The sooner we agree that we're just othe….

What happens at the average church or synagogue or mosque is that I don't know many priests or ministers or rabbis who say to their congregation, 'go….

I think if you're feeling great about where you are, everything that led up to it had to be terrific..

Life is about having a good time..

Life is about having a good time, and it was a good time. We did some things well and some things poorly, but that was always the case..

Next up [new TV stars] was [Dean] Martin and [Jerry] Lewis on 'The Colgate Comedy Hour.'.

I wanted to meet Bob Hope, and I got to know him pretty well..

I like getting up in the morning, and I like better having something to do when I get up in the morning..

I think for television generally, the question that often arises is, "Does television lead, or does it follow?" You know, does it lead the conversati….

But you know, my dad called me the laziest white kid he ever met. When I screamed back at him that he was putting down a race of people to call me la….

The complete control of one party over everything - I would, I think, feel the same way if it were [the Democrats in charge]. It's not the American w….

Bud [Yorkin] broke out big when he did 'The Fred Astaire Show' and won four Emmys. His wife at the time suggested that we team up. We got a lot of pr….

Nobody doubts my partisanship, but a lot of the activity is nonpartisan..

The establishment uses that rationale all the time, and that's why we do what we do. But leadership requires some understanding that you can say no. ….

Originally, with all the shows, we went looking for belly laughs..

Culturally, I think 'All in the Family' was universal enough to have good timing at any time..

Bud [Yorkin] was the kindest and dearest man, and one of the most talented directors there was..