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"Was I interested in religious issues? No. I was just interested in the human condition more than I was that. As far as religion illuminates or instructs the human condition all right, but since the vehicle is drama or commentary or conversations, yes I found that more interesting than the commercial work."

"So many times I think there were great friendships made between a publicist and a star. ... There was a family feeling. ... I think that it was the philosophy that all the studio publicity departments had at that time, which was, you paid attention to your own and you saw that they got the best."

"[Earl Hamner] and I were raised in very like periods and 'The Waltons' was just like putting on an old pair of shoes."

"My mother used to say to me, 'the most wonderful pillow that you can ever sleep on is the one that's filled with beautiful memories.' That's what I have. I go to sleep with beautiful memories."

"Even though "The Amazing Race" was our creation and it was my original concept, I did not come on the show as an Executive Producer. I actually started off as a Field Producer, making very little money. Then little by little I [became] a Supervising Producer, co-EP and I've done pretty much every job on the production. Until you've really stepped in all the shoes and lived through every aspect of the production, you really can't be an Executive Producer on a show. I can look at budgets. I can look at creative. You need to be well rounded to run a show." 

"There were some comedy writers who did comedy shows and that's all they did. We were able to move from a musical, a variety show, a soft show, a broad comedy show like 'F Troop' or something as heavy as doing a cancer (episode) on 'All in the Family'..."