America Is A Country Of Excess.

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.

What Happens At The Average Church Or Synagogue Or Mosque Is That I Don't Know Many Priests Or Ministers Or Rabbis Who Say To Their Congregation, 'go Home And Talk About The Religion At The Kitchen Table With Your Kids...talk About God, Talk About What This Is All About.' They Say In General, Come Back On The Weekend, We'll Talk To You About It.

You're In The Business - When You're A Writer, Producer, Director - To Get Ratings.

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.

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.