“I guess because the shows were activist in their own way - the marriag...” — Norman Lear Quote

I guess because the shows were activist in their own way - the marriage of my public activism and my career activism, you know - people understand me very well. They also understand there's a very strong bipartisan part in all of this.

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.

Even when they don't know who Nixon was, these shows will continue to play.

Nobody doubts my partisanship, but a lot of the activity is nonpartisan.

At great, great remove sit the head of General Electric, the head of News Corp, the head of Viacom, or the head of this giant international corporation that wants these ratings.

Brian and I have ups and downs like every marriage does. Although he's a legend, he's still, inside, an ordinary man, and I have got to remember that once we get inside the door, it's just us two.

A good businessman never makes a contract unless he's sure he can carry it through, yet every fool on earth is perfectly willing to sign a marriage contract without considering whether he can live up to it or not.

I'm extremely fascinated by marriage. I want to study marriage. I want to learn about it. I want to know it. I want to figure out whether or not I want to do it. I'm not just going to leap into it, because that's not good for anybody.

I don't feel that my marriage has anything to do with my career. It never hampers anyone's career in the film industry.