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Nice guy, tough business. Plus almost 500,000 words. And, 7 other things worth your time.

"The key of interviewing is listening. If you don't listen, you're not a good interviewer. I hate interviewers who come with a long list of prepared questions, because they're going to depend on going from the fourth question to the fifth question without listening to the answer. ... I concentrate solely on the answer, and I trust my instincts to come up with [more] questions."

—Larry King, in a 2017 interview. I wrote about his interviewing style over the weekend (Inc.com, hopefully not $), after his death at age 87.