“But you know, my dad called me the laziest white kid he ever met. When...” — Norman Lear Quote

“But you know, my dad called me the laziest white kid he ever met. When I screamed back at him that he was putting down a race of people to call me lazy, his answer was that's not what he was doing, and that I was also the dumbest white kid he ever met.”

“You're in the business - when you're a writer, producer, director - to get ratings.”

“There was no real controversy with All In The Family. That came from the people on the business end.”

“My Father had a profound influence on me. He was a lunatic.”

“My role model is my dad.”

“My dad actually had business cards made up with my sister's website and my website and all of our information. And he hands them out to people he meets.”