Now I won't have to worry about the new series making it or not.

Now I won't have to worry about the new series making it or not.

Michael Landon

What I don't like are pompous, pretentious movies.

What I don't like are pompous, pretentious movies.

I want to make movies just like

I want to make movies just like "King Kong." You know, dinosaurs, big gorillas - it's everything that a nine year-old boy would fall in love with.

Filmmaking for me is always aiming for the imaginary movie and never achieving it.

Filmmaking for me is always aiming for the imaginary movie and never achieving it.

I find that in the process of making a film you're constantly discovering things that you never even imagined would work at the beginning.

I find that in the process of making a film you're constantly discovering things that you never even imagined would work at the beginning.

I think there's still a little bit of that 9 year-old in me and I'm pretty happy.

I think there's still a little bit of that 9 year-old in me and I'm pretty happy.

Remember, pain is temporary; film is forever.

Remember, pain is temporary; film is forever.

Defeat is always momentary.

Defeat is always momentary.

If you work at love, you will find love at work.

If you work at love, you will find love at work.

The most honest form of filmmaking is to make a film for yourself.

The most honest form of filmmaking is to make a film for yourself.

Less than 1 percent of the patients treated are alive at the end of five years.

Less than 1 percent of the patients treated are alive at the end of five years.

Boy, you gotta be real sick to get this much attention.

Boy, you gotta be real sick to get this much attention.

I don't mind dying if I have to, but I'm damned if I want to pay for the guarantee. I'm sorry.

I don't mind dying if I have to, but I'm damned if I want to pay for the guarantee. I'm sorry.

With a houseful of kids you give each other strength.

With a houseful of kids you give each other strength.

You can die of the cure before you die of the illness.

You can die of the cure before you die of the illness.

I've had a good life. Enough happiness, enough success.

I've had a good life. Enough happiness, enough success.

I'm not the kind of person who gives up without a fight.

I'm not the kind of person who gives up without a fight.

I've got nine kids, nine dogs, three grandkids - and one in the oven. And three parrots!

I've got nine kids, nine dogs, three grandkids - and one in the oven. And three parrots!

Every script I've written and every series I've produced have expressed the things I most deeply believe.

Every script I've written and every series I've produced have expressed the things I most deeply believe.