I had studied William Shakespeare in Oxford, England and I had this sort of high faluttin' education but I had also worked in comic books. So, I wasn't too proud to work in something like cartoons.

Of course, Bronx is also useful as a kind of living personality test. If Bronx likes you, it's a [darn] good sign.

First and foremost, that's what I am, I'm a writer. I can't draw worth a darn. I don't draw, I write.

We had 10 months, sliding schedule to do 52 episodes. After you get over the shock of the size of the number, the job became one of expansion.

Years passed and I hadn't really done much writing. Other than the fact that I'm constantly developing new shows, writing up proposals and stuff.

Reading a book makes a conversation with the author (Robin Sharma on The Cure For Fear - Robin Sharma)

A man can be short and dumpy and getting bald but if he has fire women will like him.

I firmly believe that the mission of religion in the 21st century must be to contribute concretely to the peaceful coexistence of humankind.

We want to see the Iranians engage, and as you know, we have attempted to bring about that engagement over the course of the last three-plus years. It has not proven effective.

North Korea has the same ability to launch a nuclear strike against America as I do. It's like walking through a parking lot and getting barked at by a chihuahua locked in a car.

My mission is not to forbid French art. If the quality is there, I buy; if the quality isn't there, I don't.

When you're tired of what you got, try me

I tell my retreat students that they need to remember two things: to eat what they want when they're hungry and to feel what they feel when they're not.

I think most people live in the past, because current information is discarded or not made available easily.

I found it liberating of necessity to devise my own style and my own tactics and to look for a voice on the instrument because there weren't really any that impacted strongly on me.