"To my way of thinking, that speech was badly misinterpreted. It didn't condemn all of television. It said there are great things in television which are unique in uniting and serving the country, but you, the broadcasters, have got to remember that you are trustees for all of us. That you have got to pay more attention to your obligations to children. You've got to pay more attention to not only the bottom line, but to public service."
"If I came on to direct a running series it could be a drag because you couldn't change the characters, the lead characters, the sustaining characters. You didn't want to create a whole new visual style because it was established. But the anthologies and pilots I loved doing- on those you could always try something new and different."
"I don't understand what, 'knew that it was much more than a hunch' means. I've talked to Dad about it and he said, 'I needed a rhyme for 'bunch'. And then he'd say, 'look I showed them how well the song has done, so don't argue with me.'"
"People say to me all the time, 'Please bring Johnny Carson back.' If I could, I wouldn't. He just belongs where he is. Right on top."