I Think What's Dangerous Is

'all In The Family' Took Ten Weeks To Take Off In 1971, And We Were Lucky To Start In January, Because If It Had Started In The Regular Fall Season Of 1970, I Don't Know If We Would Have Lasted. The Ratings Didn't Take Off Until The End Of That Fall Season, When The Other Two Networks Ran Out Of Fresh Shows.

Success Is How You Collect Your Minutes.

But You Know, My Dad Called Me The Laziest White Kid He Ever Met. When I Screamed Back At Him That He Was Putting Down A Race Of People To Call Me Lazy, His Answer Was That's Not What He Was Doing, And That I Was Also The Dumbest White Kid He 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.

I Started By Writing, With My Partner Ed Simmons, A Monologue For Danny Thomas, That He Performed At Ciro's Nightclub In Los Angeles.