The key to the evening is to see the humor in it. There are so many people trying to go so many different directions, everyone needs to realize there are only so many ways to get there.

I had an absolutely, extraordinarily unpleasant evening last night trying to get there, ... I had all kinds of plane problems . . . but I was very, very sorry not to be [there]. It was going to be the highlight of my summer.

Yes, I sell people things they don't need. I can't, however, sell them something they don't want. Even with advertising. Even if I were of a mind to.

When people keep telling you that you can’t do a thing, you kind of like to try it.

There will be a very special surprise at the end of the evening that we're trying to pull off for the guests.

The good parts are the people who don't make do. They're the interesting people. Lear doesn't make do.