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"I was born and raised in the tradition, I think, of the greatest era of popular music."

"Edward R. Murrow was in London broadcasting back to New York, and Paul White was talking privately to Ed between broadcasts. Paul didn't like something that day they'd done and he was remonstrating Murrow on the private line saying, 'Ed you should have done this or that,' and Ed broke out immediately and forgot himself so much as to use profanity. Murrow said, 'Hell, Paul, I'm no Bob Trout!' I think that was the high point of my career."

"An unprepared director who comes to rehearsal not fully prepared is a disaster. Don't depend on improvisation.... Like a conductor of an orchestra, you have to know your instruments and how they work and what can they do. Otherwise, the musicians will find you out. And so will the actors."

"When 'The People's Court' came along, I had an opportunity to really teach people about law. It was very important to me."

"I like to think of it as a little bit of engineering involved, where you have to create something that moves perfectly for the best performance and the best message translation to the audience. And the way to do that is to make it work on the hand that's going to perform it. "