Larry King
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.Collection: Sports
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.Collection: Morning
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.Collection: Fear
If they asked me, I did two shifts. I did sports, I did news, because I loved it.Collection: Sports
Those who have succeeded at anything and don't mention luck are kidding themselves.Collection: Success
Good writers are in the business of leaving signposts saying, Tour my world, see and feel it through my eyes; I am your guide.Collection: Business
I don't know what a softball question is. All I know is I have no agenda. I ask short questions, and I listen to the answer.
I've had a great ride. I've got no complaints.
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.
An NBA game in L.A., the Lakers - I'm a Clipper fan - it's to be seen as much as seeing the game.
I never use the word 'I' when I interview someone. I think it's irrelevant.
Anything can happen when people run for office.
If you do something, expect consequences.
People sometimes think I'm sort of all-knowing.
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.
I just love asking questions. I love people. It's in my DNA. I'm cursed - and blessed.
I have never understood the Iowa caucus.
I love doing what I do. I love asking questions. I love being in the mix.
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.
I'm sort of the comic relief after a hard day at work. My message is that it's OK to relax.
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'm the worst person to be stuck with in a traffic jam.
With 500 channels and the Internet available, you'd think a candidate could get the word out.
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.
I fantasized being a broadcaster.
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.
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?
Gleason became like a mentor of mine. I had Gleason helping me on television, Godfrey on radio.
If I do something caring for a friend, I have no doubt in my mind they would do it for me.
I've made a lot of mistakes. I've bonded with some people who use you, and some people that take advantage of you.
It's joyful to give. But for people who want to take advantage of you, you're kind of an easy mark.
I like to put a stake in people, because I know people helped me.
Les Miserables is one of my favorite stories.
Communications is the number one major in America today. CNN had 25,000 applicants for five intern jobs this summer.
People would pay money to work at CNN.
When I broke in, in 1957, it was wide open. Now you're up against strong competition.
I'm having as much fun today as I did when I made $55 a week, because it is as much fun.
The names are bigger, the show is worldwide, but I get a royal pass into life in the broadcasting business.
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'm from Brooklyn. In Brooklyn, if you say, 'I'm dangerous', you'd better be dangerous.
Sandy Koufax went to the same school as me. I graduated two years ahead of Sandy.
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'm 80 years old, and I don't know what I'm going to be when I grow up.
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 had no trouble going from radio to TV - I just thought of TV as radio with pictures.
Sports are my favorite. It's the first thing I turn to every day.
Who wouldn't want to be Frank Sinatra's son?
I want to be frozen on the hope that they'll find whatever I died of and bring me back.
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.