Larry king

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.

People would pay money to work at CNN.

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

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.

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 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.

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

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

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