It worked well because Don Murray didn't want to be on Knots anymore.

Even though shows like NYPD Blue are soaps in my opinion, but they're individualized to an extent that you can still follow what's going on if you miss a week.

Ultimately the Emmys are a popularity contest.

The West Wing seems to be feeding the myth about how presidential politics are.

Networks don't want a show with a continuing story. There's no backend potential.

A show like Knots or any other show that can be called a soap opera does terribly in syndication because if you're a viewer and you miss a week you don't know what's going on.

Clint Eastwood is aging beautifully. But someone like Burt Reynolds and others are practically destroying their faces in the amount of work they have.

The business is built on slowing or even stopping the aging process.

I try to watch only real things, which basically amounts to C-Span for me. I like real people in real situations. I learn from that.

If you watch Cheers, in 12 years they didn't age a day.

I'm an Irish-American, and I grew up in an Irish-American neighborhood.

An educator will teach the students. An Educarer will reach the students.

You can’t imagine just how much believing in negative thoughts is affecting your life…until you stop.

My dad probably gave me the best advice growing up. I think it's really just keeping your cool in situations and learning to balance everything.

It is not possible to be honest in the here and now when you continue to discount and minimize your childhood experiences.

Choosing to be grateful earns you happiness

Polite diseases make some idiots vain, Which, if unfortunately well, they feign.

I am the president of the sorority and I'm sure there are plenty of people I've pissed off enough to go on a killing spree.

Are you accusing me of reading? ~ Ridley

People will now go to films with subtitles, you know. They're not afraid of them. It's one of the upsides of text-messaging and e-mail. Maybe the only good thing to come of it.

Do not be taken in or flattered by your own success or fame. Take not only as to whether or not the old creation, including everything which comes by birth, has gone through the cross.