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"I never wrote early. I never wrote on time. Until it was almost too late, I never wrote anything. Bob Hope once said: 'if Mort Lachman could ever write one day ahead of time, he would own the world.'"

"They ['Truth or Consequences' and 'This Is Your Life'] gave me such scope.  We could have fun and accomplish worthwhile things while doing it. There were no limitations to where we could go with either one of those shows."   

"In the earliest days of television we only did one show a week. A Sunday night drama. The rest of the time we were either rehearsing that drama in the studio, or had the cameras at Madison Square Garden showing a basketball or ice hockey game. Not much was going on."