Larry King Quotes

For the most part, if somebody approaches me and says, 'I'd like to interview you,' who am I to say no, when I spend all my days going, 'Hello, you don't know me. I'd like to ask you some questions. Do you have a little time?'

I'm not a journalist; I'm probably a horrible interviewer. The one small thing I have is I'm curious, and I'm interested in who I'm with.

My job was to get a fair and open hearing to all ideas.

I try to ask a question rather than give a speech.

The true spirit of conversation consists in building on another man's observation, not overturning it.

I suppose I don't hear things, but I listen, if you know what I mean. And there is a big difference between hearing and listening. So it's like a conversation, you know. When you speak to someone, it's one on one, and that's exactly how I play.

I think I've been asked just about every question under the sun. I'm just really honored that people are even interested in asking me questions.

It must be quite rare for an interviewer to be interviewed.

For me, when I go in to write a profile, and no ground rules are laid down, and I'm there to write an on-the-record profile and cover readings while in the room, then that means it's on the record.

Help is a conversation. If one side talks too much, the other side will get bored. So make sure you help back when you can.

I don't know much, but I like talking to people who know a lot more than I do.

Try to be as good a listener as you are a speaker. Don't just put the emphasis on saying things. Listen.

I attribute the little I know to my not having been ashamed to ask for information, and to my rule of conversing with all descriptions of men on those topics that form their own peculiar professions and pursuits.

When it comes to doing my job, I keep my ego in my handbag.

If you listen, you'll learn. If you talk over each other, you don't accomplish anything.

If other people are going to talk, conversation becomes impossible.

In the intellectual order, the virtue of humility is nothing more nor less than the power of attention.

There's always a way to talk.

Each bird loves to hear himself sing.

I wish at all events to retain at all times a judicial habit of not condemning a thing utterly until I have heard what is to be said for it.

Consult with the ignorant as with the wise.

Without a dog, no one will listen to your opinions for more than a few minutes without interrupting to tell you their opinions, which you won't find nearly as interesting.

I've worked with some actors who have such thick skins and think they are so extraordinary. I'll think, 'Have you stopped learning?' They stop listening to directors or other actors and do the same thing again and again.

I'm just a reporter.

I like to hear about what people do. That's more interesting than talking about what the hell I do.