Norman Lear

It crossed our minds early on that the more an audience cared - we were working before, on average, 240, live people. If you could get them caring - the more they cared, the harder they laughed.

I wanted to just do a one-act play for 26 minutes, with commercials at the beginning and end. For years, I couldn't get my way. They wanted to interrupt three times.

Granted, the writers, directors, producers, and that community make a great deal of money. But they might be choosing to do a whole lot of other things for the living they make.

Millions of people thought Archie was a happy hero.

Golf without bunkers and hazards would be tame and monotonous. So would life.

I think a lot of songwriters would agree that it's often easier to find inspiration in misery.