Life Is About Having A Good Time.

I Think America, Unfortunately, Collectively Thinks Of Itself As The 'chosen People.' To My Knowledge, There Are No Chosen People, We Are All Human Beings.

We Had Two African American Writers [eric Monte And Michael Evans] On The Show ['good Times'] That Knew Cabrini Green Inside And Out, And That's Why We Set It There.

That's A Very Hard Thing To Help The Establishment Know. We're Still An Establishment That Thinks The Average Mentality Is Something Like 13 Years Of Age, That Never Forgot H.l. Mencken's Notion That Nobody Lost Money Underestimating The Intelligence Of The American People. That's The Horseshit The Establishment Has Always Lived With.

I Guess The Story That Best Defines Us [with Bud Yorkin] And Our Relationship Goes Back To The [dean] Martin And [jerry] Lewis Show. The Four Stage Managers On That Show Became Major Tv Creators And Directors - John Rich, Jack Smight, Arthur Penn And Bud Yorkin.

When Something Is Over, It Is Over.