(The sitcom) touches so many people. The world would not have suffered had I not done this. This show lives on.

World events pale by comparison.

No one ever saw it from that point of view. Jerry says Michael works with the intensity of a bomb squad. That's absolutely true.

The book is really important in the sense that this is gonna be it.

It was so bizarre. I will admit however that my 14-year-old son, Byron, really bugged me about finding out and I said, 'I can't tell you.' But he promised he wouldn't say. And, you know, at some point you have to show some faith in your kids. So I decided to tell him what it was. He didn't say anything about it, and I'm very proud of him.

(Jerry) and I hit it off. He's a very professional man. He was good to his word.