Larry King

I have never seen anyone at CNN ever say, 'Boy, here's how we're going to deal with this today to put this guy down and elevate this guy up.' I've never seen it.

I did everything when I started. In Miami I did news, I did weather, I did sports, I did disk-jockeying. And I did a sports talk show every week - every Saturday night.

The names are bigger, the show is worldwide, but I get a royal pass into life in the broadcasting business.

It's joyful to give. But for people who want to take advantage of you, you're kind of an easy mark.

I'm sort of the comic relief after a hard day at work. My message is that it's OK to relax.

I'm from Brooklyn. In Brooklyn, if you say, 'I'm dangerous', you'd better be dangerous.

Gleason became like a mentor of mine. I had Gleason helping me on television, Godfrey on radio.

Basically, what it comes down to is I love what I do. I don't do it for fame. I don't do it for money. I just love it.

I just love asking questions. I love people. It's in my DNA. I'm cursed - and blessed.

You cannot talk to people successfully if they think you are not interested in what they have to say or you have no respect for them.

I'm 80 years old, and I don't know what I'm going to be when I grow up.

I want to be frozen on the hope that they'll find whatever I died of and bring me back.

I had no trouble going from radio to TV - I just thought of TV as radio with pictures.

With 500 channels and the Internet available, you'd think a candidate could get the word out.

I've made a lot of mistakes. I've bonded with some people who use you, and some people that take advantage of you.

If I do something caring for a friend, I have no doubt in my mind they would do it for me.

I have lifelong friends. My oldest friend, Herbie, has been a friend since I was 9. I've had bonds for over 50 years with people.

I was always telling everyone, I want to be a broadcaster. They'd say, What, are you crazy? What, you're going to be Arthur Godfrey?

I've never seen anyone say, 'Let's go get this person today; let's really ram it into him.' I've never seen it. If a Democrat or Republican commits some horrendous story, the story will run. The networks will cover it.

Sports are my favorite. It's the first thing I turn to every day.

If you do something, expect consequences.

Les Miserables is one of my favorite stories.

Who wouldn't want to be Frank Sinatra's son?

I worked on the United Parcel Service truck, I sold home delivery of milk. But always, in the back of my mind, I wanted to get into radio.

People would pay money to work at CNN.

I like to put a stake in people, because I know people helped me.

I worked at CNN for almost 26 years. I worked in Mutual Radio for 20 years. I've been in the business 57 years. I have never seen a bias off the air or on.

Getting your house in order and reducing the confusion gives you more control over your life. Personal organization some how releases or frees you to operate more effectively.

An NBA game in L.A., the Lakers - I'm a Clipper fan - it's to be seen as much as seeing the game.

Those who have succeeded at anything and don't mention luck are kidding themselves.

People sometimes think I'm sort of all-knowing.

I've taken my boys to the house I grew up in. Taken them to the site of Ebbets Field, where the Dodgers used to play. They go to all the Dodger games, and they play Little League ball. I have infused them with New York spirit.

I fantasized being a broadcaster.

Sandy Koufax went to the same school as me. I graduated two years ahead of Sandy.

Good writers are in the business of leaving signposts saying, Tour my world, see and feel it through my eyes; I am your guide.

I've got a nice car. I love my job. I've got a bagel store, and I have breakfast every morning with friends I grew up with. I've been in movies, I've written books - I don't know how that all happened.

I never use the word 'I' when I interview someone. I think it's irrelevant.

Communications is the number one major in America today. CNN had 25,000 applicants for five intern jobs this summer.

They don't have a lot of appointment viewing. What television depends on, one thing 'Larry King Live' was - whether you liked it, didn't like it - it was appointment viewing.

I'm having as much fun today as I did when I made $55 a week, because it is as much fun.

I love doing what I do. I love asking questions. I love being in the mix.

When I was 5 years old I would lie in bed, look at the radio, and I wanted to be on the radio. I don't know why.

You gotta ask 'why' questions. 'Why did you do this?' A 'why' question you can't answer with one word.

I remind myself every morning: Nothing I say this day will teach me anything. So if I'm going to learn, I must do it by listening.

When you reach a certain age, and people see you on television, they look at you and think, 'Wow! Everything must be great!' Well, everything isn't always great. You can be hailed on the street corner, but you still have to go home and take out the garbage.

I'm the worst person to be stuck with in a traffic jam.

My biggest fear is death because I don't think I'm going anywhere. And since I don't think that, and I don't have a belief... I'm married to someone who has the belief, so she knows she's going somewhere.

I never think of access or good will. I just want a good interview. I want guests to be informative and entertaining. I've never been concerned about someone's liking me tomorrow.

I like getting to the meat of things. You can't get it in a five-minute interview. I like to hone a person. I like to make eye contact.

When I broke in, in 1957, it was wide open. Now you're up against strong competition.

If they asked me, I did two shifts. I did sports, I did news, because I loved it.

I have never understood the Iowa caucus.

My father died when I was nine and a half. We were on relief for two years. They call it welfare now, but it was relief then... I never forgot the generosity of New York.