"I wanted to show what people were like in other parts of the world. To Americans, Russia was the evil empire, and yet they had to see that Russians have the same hopes and dreams as Americans do, and they were farmers and businessmen and mothers and fathers and children. That's what television at its best can do: change people's minds, open people's minds, and show them truth."
"He said, 'we want a song called "Bonanza."' It had to be short and it had to sound like strong men were riding into somewhere and maybe have a western flavor, and it couldn't be too long, sixteen bars. And that's it. 'Go and see what you can do.'"
"Norman Lear came down and he goes, 'my name is Norman Lear.' I said, 'yes sir, I know.' And then he said, 'you did a good job.' And that's it. So I figured well, maybe I'm coming back. And I did."
"What first lured me to broadcasting was that intimacy, that connection. It brings us to a common denominator at its best. By showing us that it's okay to struggle and it's okay to get spray tanned and dance or it's okay to get hit in the crotch with a piñata bat or whatever. We can all get through it together."