I believe America wants and needs the shared experience of television. We far too often see in crises how television brings us together.

At the end of Season 1 of 'Cheers', it was the lowest rated show in all of network television... So we turn to 'Bill Cosby'; when he came to Thursday night, he just exploded. And once the audience was there, we said, 'Hey, by the way, we also have this other great show. It's called 'Cheers'.'

In the history of pilot reports, 'Seinfeld' has got to be one of the worst of all time.

Innovation comes to you from creators who do have a vision and a passion, and that is how we succeeded.

I fought to make a multiple series commitment with John Wells.

One way in which 'Friends' did resemble 'Seinfeld' is that it really found its audience over the summer of 1995 in reruns. That's when the main title song, 'I'll Be There for You', by the Rembrandts, exploded, too.

I thought art was a verb, rather than a noun.

Life is but thought.

Freedom means the opportunity to be what we never thought we would be.

Heresy is another word for freedom of thought.

I always thought that I could be, like, a funny actor.

I liked getting the best villain award. I thought that was funny.