You can die of the cure before you die of the illness.
— Michael Landon
Now I won't have to worry about the new series making it or not.
I've had a good life. Enough happiness, enough success.
I'm not the kind of person who gives up without a fight.
I love my work. I've had three successful series, and I want to find out if I can make a fourth.
Every script I've written and every series I've produced have expressed the things I most deeply believe.
I believe that there is God in all of us.
I want people to laugh and cry, not just sit and stare at the TV.
With a houseful of kids you give each other strength.
Life has been good to me. It's not like I missed an awful lot. I had a pretty good lick here. Every moment gets a little more important.
I've got nine kids, nine dogs, three grandkids - and one in the oven. And three parrots!
I'm going to beat this cancer or die trying.
I don't mind dying if I have to, but I'm damned if I want to pay for the guarantee. I'm sorry.
Boy, you gotta be real sick to get this much attention.
I don't have expectations. Expectations in your life just lead to giant disappointments.
Maybe I'm old-fashioned, but I think viewers are hungry for shows in which people say something meaningful.
The one thing I need to leave behind is good memories.
Less than 1 percent of the patients treated are alive at the end of five years.
I've fought hard and now I'm weary to the bone.
I think all of us create our own miracles.
I believe in God, family, truth between people, the power of love.
Dreaming is one thing, and working towards the dream is one thing, but working with expectations in mind is very self-defeating.
I felt my father's presence with me, helping me to commit to paper the feelings I had. I really heard my father speaking to me from the other dimension.
