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"I got out to Hollywood and they made a deal for me to have my own company and produce 'I Dream of Jeannie.' Meanwhile, I had to fly back to New York every week because I was the story editor and almost the sole writer for 'The Patty Duke Show.' I was writing both shows at once because I had no idea that it couldn't be done."

"The director given enough money and time realizes a dream that he has of the way the story is told -- the big picture. The actor focuses on that tiny picture of the words, the relationship of how to make this moment work, and he's involved in the minutia. Both are equally interesting."

"It occurred to me during the shooting of 'The Golden Girls' pilot -- 'What is this, All-Star game?' Watching Bea, Betty, Rue, and Estelle was like watching Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, and all these guys play on the same team: a Dream Team. It was a magical moment."

"I think that a really good daytime serial soap reflects what's happening. That's certainly what we're trying to do when we want people to examine their prejudices and so on, but I also that think we do more than that -- we reflect changes, too. When mothers marched for peace in 1970 in 'All My Children,' we were copying the marches that there had already been. It works both ways."  

"People create their gods in order to eat them. Then when you meet this god you want an autograph, you want a photograph, shake a hand, hug. What you're doing, in psychological terms, is trying to get a piece of that part of the person that's a god, for yourself. When you're a celebrity what you encounter with people is their agendas, which oftentimes have nothing to do with who you are."

"Take any opportunity that takes you into where you want to go, even if it's peripheral. Begin collecting experiences, and more importantly, connections. Networking. People who are today's mailroom boys are tomorrow's studio heads. You get a base of friendship and of working together, and you pursue your dream. Sooner or later, these things all kind of come together, I hope. It has for me."