ON SAYING, “YOU’RE FIRED!”

           It’s not like, “Oh, gee, please!

           Give me another chance!

           It doesn’t work that way.

           It’s so succinct. It’s so

           beautiful in its finiteness.

           And it’s just—it’s over.

           It’s just over.

                         November 24, 2004

                         CNN LARRY KING LIVE