A biggest mistake I made when I started doing a talk show was I thought you had to read the books.
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I would not ever try to be a show intellectual, which I was accused of doing a while on ABC. I thought you were supposed to read the guests' books.
Journalists told me that a talk show wouldn't work. Some told me I was going to get canceled before my first season was up.
When I did start writing books, I didn't realize it, but the girls that grew up watching the show became moms.
I decided to write a book primarily because people talked me into it.
When I was younger, I was full of smart things to say about all my books.
I've been so fortunate in my career and my own life just to have all these opportunities, and the talk show has always been one of my favorite formats.
I had a lot of reading problems growing up.
I thought doing reality TV would be the greatest success of my life or the biggest mistake.
The book is called 'Most Talkative,' because I was voted most talkative in high school. And I've never stopped talking. My mouth has been my greatest asset and my biggest Achilles' heel.
I read my books aloud before they were published.