Quotes By Michael Landon

You can die of the cure before you die of the illness.

Maybe I'm old-fashioned, but I think viewers are hungry for shows in which people say something meaningful.

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.

Every script I've written and every series I've produced have expressed the things I most deeply believe.

I love my work. I've had three successful series, and I want to find out if I can make a fourth.

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'm going to beat this cancer or die trying.

I've fought hard and now I'm weary to the bone.

I want people to laugh and cry, not just sit and stare at the TV.

I'm not the kind of person who gives up without a fight.

I've had a good life. Enough happiness, enough success.

Less than 1 percent of the patients treated are alive at the end of five years.

Boy, you gotta be real sick to get this much attention.

Dreaming is one thing, and working towards the dream is one thing, but working with expectations in mind is very self-defeating.

With a houseful of kids you give each other strength.

The one thing I need to leave behind is good memories.

I don't have expectations. Expectations in your life just lead to giant disappointments.

I believe in God, family, truth between people, the power of love.

I don't mind dying if I have to, but I'm damned if I want to pay for the guarantee. I'm sorry.

Now I won't have to worry about the new series making it or not.

I've got nine kids, nine dogs, three grandkids - and one in the oven. And three parrots!

I think all of us create our own miracles.