Communications is the number one major in America today. CNN had 25,000 applicants for five intern jobs this summer.
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’m the worst person to be stuck with in a traffic jam.
Sandy Koufax went to the same school as me. I graduated two years ahead of Sandy.
The names are bigger, the show is worldwide, but I get a royal pass into life in the broadcasting business.
It’s joyful to give. But for people who want to take advantage of you, you’re kind of an easy mark.
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.
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 like to put a stake in people, because I know people helped me.
Nobody beats a bunch of journalists for inflating their rather mundane straightforward chores with a lot more melodrama and self-importance than the job should be asked to contain.
Gleason became like a mentor of mine. I had Gleason helping me on television, Godfrey on 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?
I’ve made a lot of mistakes. I’ve bonded with some people who use you, and some people that take advantage of you.
Write. Rewrite. When not writing or rewriting, read. I know of no shortcuts.
Good writers are in the business of leaving signposts saying, Tour my world, see and feel it through my eyes; I am your guide.
Texas is my mind’s country, that place I most want to understand and record and preserve. Four generations of my people sleep in its soil; I have children there, and a grandson; the dead past and the living future tie me to it.
My first rule of conversation is this: I never learn a thing while I’m talking. I realize every morning that nothing I say today will teach me anything, so if I’m going to learn a lot today, I’ll have to do it by listening. As.
Successful people who cannot express themselves well? I can’t think of one.
Don’t utilize utilize. Use use.
The best conversationalists are curious about everything. That’s why they are good at listening and why they have broad horizons – they’re always learning something new.