Larry King

“אני אף פעם לא חושב על גישה או רצון טוב. אני רק רוצה ראיון טוב. אני רוצה שהאורחים יהיו אינפורמטיביים ומשעשעים. אף פעם לא דאגתי שמישהו יאהב אותי מחר. ”

“אתה יוצר את המזל שלך. מזל הוא תמיד תוצר לוואי של תכנון”

“אני מזכיר לעצמי כל בוקר: שום דבר שאגיד היום הזה לא ילמד אותי שום דבר. אז אם אני הולך ללמוד, אני חייב לעשות את זה על ידי הקשבה.”

“אני בן 80, ואני לא יודע מה אהיה כשאהיה גדול.”

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

“The guest to me was always paramount.”

“I have never understood the Iowa caucus.”

“People would pay money to work at CNN.”

“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.”

“Les Miserables is one of my favorite stories.”

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

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

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

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

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