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

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" I just love asking questions. I love people. It's in my DNA. I'm cursed - and blessed. "

" Communications is the number one major in America today. CNN had 25,000 applicants for five intern jobs this summer. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Les Miserables is one of my favorite stories. "

" If they asked me, I did two shifts. I did sports, I did news, because I loved it. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" Basically, what it comes down to is I love what I do. I don't do it for fame. I don't do it for money. I just love it. "

" Who wouldn't want to be Frank Sinatra's son? "

" I have never seen anyone at CNN ever say, 'Boy, here's how we're going to deal with this today to put this guy down and elevate this guy up.' I've never seen it. "

" People sometimes think I'm sort of all-knowing. "

" 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'm 80 years old, and I don't know what I'm going to be when I grow up. "

" Gleason became like a mentor of mine. I had Gleason helping me on television, Godfrey on radio. "

" 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. "

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

" If you do something, expect consequences. "

" I'm from Brooklyn. In Brooklyn, if you say, 'I'm dangerous', you'd better be dangerous. "

" I've made a lot of mistakes. I've bonded with some people who use you, and some people that take advantage of you. "

" I'm having as much fun today as I did when I made $55 a week, because it is as much fun. "

" I have never understood the Iowa caucus. "

" 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. "

" I've never seen anyone say, 'Let's go get this person today; let's really ram it into him.' I've never seen it. If a Democrat or Republican commits some horrendous story, the story will run. The networks will cover it. "

" Those who have succeeded at anything and don't mention luck are kidding themselves. "