I wanted to work with Bert Lahr [the 'Cowardly Lion' in 'The Wizard of Oz'], and I did.

When something is over, it is over.

We just may be the most well-informed, yet least self-aware, people in history.

It seems to me that any full grown, mature adult would have a desire to be responsible, to help where he can in a world that needs so very much, that threatens us so very much.

Originally, with all the shows, we went looking for belly laughs.

You know, you throw rocks in the lake and scientists will tell you you're raising the level of the lake, but all you get to see is the ripple.

Maybe they continued to agree with Archie Bunker - as I said earlier, you can't change people's minds, but you can get them to think.

Life is about having a good time.

That's the heart of it: My shows were not that controversial with the American people. They were controversial with the people who think for the American people.

In the area we're discussing, leadership begins on Madison Avenue, on the desks and in the offices of people who spend hundreds of millions of dollars buying what will get them ratings.

I like getting up in the morning, and I like better having something to do when I get up in the morning.

No matter how much (or how little) help someone provides, always say thanks. Thank yous are simple but important.

I'm interested in authentic experience and the essence of that creative place, and where those myths begin and where they become real on any level.

Nothing is ever enough when what you are looking for isn't what you really want.

Assault weapons ban reintroduced.

You know, sometimes you can't just take an armadillo, put it in the barn, light it on fire and expect it to make licorice.

We can never have enough of Nature.

I held apostolic succession fully, and the channels of grace to be there only.

My therapist in Paris once told me that being creative is a better form of therapy for me than sitting on his couch.

What did I tell you about Mister Safety Catch?' said Vimes weakly. When Mister Safety Catch Is Not On, Mister Crossbow Is Not Your Friend,' recited Detritus, saluting.

All art is a form of hacking, it's a kind of breeching open of a closed system.