I always liked the smell of a smoke-filled room. I think it's a good smell.

In a perfect world, you would be able to hold onto everyone. But It's not realistic. The changes with NYPD have been progressive and have taken the show to new levels.

I was so emotional. Choked up. I could hardly talk all day. I'll be cleaning out my trailer and saying goodbye soon, realizing what a wonderful experience this has been.

I'll miss the comments from the people on the street who love the show and who have felt its impact on the culture. I won't miss the shooting schedule, though!

When he realized who he'd pulled over, the policeman shook his head in disbelief. He told me of all people I should know better. He gave me a real dressing down, but let me go.

Coming from Chicago, I like a white Christmas.

One of the things I had a hard time getting used to when I came to California in '78 was Santa Claus in shorts.

I respect people and expect that kind of respect back.

I consider myself fortunate that I've been able to find a character that people have responded to.

My doctor asked me if I smoked, and I said only when I'm working, golfing, or drinking. Then I realized the only time I don't smoke is when I'm home. I didn't even realize I'd become a smoker.

Our country offers such great opportunities for us all. Unfortunately, too many hard-working citizens go day to day without enough food to eat.

Prayer is not only for answers but a spiritual act.

Don't let one cloud obliterate the whole sky.

Your leadership development strategy is perfectly designed to produce the caliber of leader you currently have.

I want to build an audience that's willing to follow us in whichever direction we might choose.

In early times, before the floods swept across the world, there was life, albeit odd, as one can see from the fossils of mammoth bones, and there was the regime of Prince Metternich.

I'm a dad, and I no longer see a way for my kids to even inherit the money that I'm making, let alone go out there, have an idea, and create it in their own lifetime.

It's a difficult thing when you try and make a film of a book that you really love. You have about two hours to tell the story, and it's never going to be enough.

I don't feel that censorship keeps me from doing the work, though. I'm my bigger censor.

More than anything I am a novelist. But for me, an author's job is not only to create linguistically accomplished works. As an author I also want to stimulate discussion.

Human life without some form of poetry is not human life but animal existence.