One thing that is true in TV is that you do hire the directors. As the writer, it's very different than in features, where you feel like, "If I want this to be this way, I better direct it."

In some ways, TV is more regimented, but there is a level of professionalism that's very high, among the people that work in television.

A foolish man enjoys the company of prostitutes

I handed the photo back to her. The caretaker gazed at it as if it were a lucky charm, a return ticket to her youth.

You can't make positive choices for the rest of your life without an environment that makes those choices easy, natural, and enjoyable.

Every time Paul and Gene use my makeup, they have to pay me a royalty check. I think they changed the makeup so they didn't have to pay me.

Andy [Griffith] and I spoke on the phone not too long before he died. I told him I loved him and he told me he loved me. He was a wonderful man.

I was no pope - I could not boast infallibility.

There’s no legislation with regards to abortion that I’m familiar with that would become part of my agenda.

Whatever our destiny is, whatever our Karma is, if we simply accept the mercy of Guru, "Guru Kripa", it can completely liberate us from all of our previous Karmic bondage.

Of all the hazards, fear is the worst.

The optimist pleasantly ponders how high his kite will fly; the pessimist woefully wonders how soon his kite will fall.