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" The idea for 'Lifestyles' began to take shape in my mind as I became more and more frustrated with the type of celebrity interviews I was doing for television. "

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" I try to tell the story, always. I do not want to be part of it. "

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" There is this image of a guy in a hot tub, drinking champagne with two buxom blondes. But that is not the real me. I am a father, and I am a grandfather, too. "

" It greatly upsets me when I'm called a journalistic toad - I mean, I am a journalist! "

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" I like to say that it never rains on 'Lifestyles.' There is no bad news. It's a very up show. "

" I like to see things start, grow, and then move on to better things. "

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" I wanted no other job than to work in newspapers. I was fascinated by the process of collecting information, talking to people and having the story appear in a paper that would be delivered in your letterbox. "

" We began our 'Luxe Life' and 'Vegas DeLuxe daily columns' not long after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and we've spent a decade bringing you showbiz stories and star scoops. I hope it continues for a long time to come because I honestly feel that all the late nights and around-the-clock hours to be first and fast keep me young. "

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" Travel is very subjective. What one person loves, another loathes. "

" There are few celebrities that I don't know personally. And compared to the rich, most of the famous live in the poorhouse. It's much better to be rich than famous. "

" Nothing gets my journalistic juices flowing more than a seaside chalet, the mention of a private jet, or room service in St. Tropez. "

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" I know that people hate me. And I know I'm just a hack journalist and what we do on 'Lifestyles' isn't what you would call television brain surgery. "

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" Florida is nice, but Texas is my favorite state. "

" Whoever would have guessed that in the land of cheap sausages and mashed potatoes there could be such a change which would actually bring the French from Paris every weekend to invade Britain en masse to eat great food and drink great wine. "

" I have no limo. In cities, I usually hail a taxi like everyone else. "

" People know I'll be sensational, not scandalous. There's a fine-line difference. Sensational means titillating the viewer. Scandalous means being condemned by the viewer for making unfair, uncouth revelations. "

" I made my first million by the time I was 31 and promptly lost it when I got divorced. "

" I am the most unlikely star in the world. "

" I do get to meet a lot of people, and I do get to travel quite a bit. You may laugh, but it's a tough job. "

" Nothing looks as great on videotape as Hollywood after a rain. "

" I am a creator of TV shows. 'Lifestyle' ran for 14 years... that was pleasurable. We also had 'Runaway' for eight years. We did two years of a show called 'The Start of Something Big', and we did a network series called 'Fame, Fortune and Romance.' "

" The public's appetite for what sensible newspapers call 'personality journalism' and what I call gossip is insatiable. It will never, ever stop growing because everybody dreams. "

" I don't follow English soccer because it's become a game for hooligans. "

" It is usually people in the money business, finance, and international trade that are really rich. "

" I'm a big baller. "

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" I've known Emeril for more than 20 years from when I featured him on 'Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous' from his days at Commander's Palace in New Orleans and from when I helped start the Food Network where he subsequently hosted an amazing 2,000-plus shows. "

" Tatiana Alvarez, who also became a queen of the wheels of steel in L.A., has now sold her incredible cross-dressing, reverse 'Tootsie' story to Warner Bros. in Hollywood, and hotshot producers Mike Medavoy, Brian Medavoy and Erwin More have reunited to turn it into a movie. "

" I helped launch 'ET'... I like to see things start, grow, and then move on to better things. "

" If it weren't for Liberace, there would be no Madonna or Lady Gaga, Elton John, Bette Midler, or Elvis because it was Liberace who helped the King glitz up his act. "