I think the greater responsibility, in terms of morality, is where leadership begins.

People who know and love the same books as you, have the road map to your soul.

Only the very weak-minded refuse to be influenced by literature and poetry.

It isn't against the Law to be an idiot.

Life is a book and there are a thousand pages I have not yet read.

The more you try to crush your true nature, the more it will control you. Be what you are. No one who really loves you will stop.

As long as there is love and memory, there is no true loss.

There was no real controversy with All In The Family. That came from the people on the business end.

The American people may not be the best-educated, but they're very wise at heart.

We are a country of excess. So it's not the violence, per se, but the exacerbation and constant repetition.

The complete control of one party over everything - I would, I think, feel the same way if it were [the Democrats in charge]. It's not the American way.

America is a country of excess.

We all [Ed Simmons,Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis] started together, so there were no rules - anything we wrote became television.

If there was a sense of - a bigger sense of responsibility in the various leadership positions in America, things would be not as grotesquely overly done as they are now.

I don't know how you can look back with regret if you're at a moment when everything seems fine.

Archie Bunker used to call me 'the laziest white kid he'd ever met.'

I get a kick out of the fact that people will pick on the writers in California for being responsible for the content. The people seriously responsible for the content are the people who buy it.

Culturally, I think 'All in the Family' was universal enough to have good timing at any time.

I think what's dangerous is 24 hours a day, 335 channels, or whatever the hell there is. Too much is too much.