From Althouse's blog:
It was mostly bland as hell, but there was one point in his interview with Paris Hilton where Larry King punctured her glossy veneer. She was all about how jail had transformed her and how she's going to devote herself to good causes -- children, homeless women, breast cancer, multiple sclerosis -- and she said she read a lot of books in jail. Really improving herself, you know. But then it seemed like the only thing she was reading was all the fan mail. Eventually, we hear about one book: the Bible. Did she read it every day? Yes! What's your favorite Bible passage? Uh, I don't really have a favorite....
You can read a transcript of Larry King's interview with Paris Hilton by clicking this link to the CNN website. An excerpt:
KING: Let's hear some of the things you -- what did you write in prison, in jail?
HILTON: Well, I had a lot of time alone, so I would write a lot. I actually have a journal with all the -- I left it at home...
KING: You kept a daily journal?
HILTON: Yes, I did.
OK.
This is one of the notes that I wrote: "They say when you reach a crossroad or a turning point in life, it really doesn't matter how we got there, but what we do next after we got there. Usually we arrive there by adversity, and then it is then, and only then, that we find out who we truly are and what we're truly made of. It's a process, a gift and a journey. And if we can travel it alone, although the road may be rough at the beginning, you find an ability to walk it, a way to start fresh again. It's neither a downfall nor a failure, but a new beginning."
And I also felt like this was a new beginning for me, just being in jail -- and I just used it as a journey to figure out myself and who I am and what I want to do. And there's -- there's just so much more to me than what people think.
KING: The writing helped?
HILTON: Yes. I have always loved to write. In school, I loved being in creative writing classes. I write scripts. I love to read.
KING: If you had to do it all over, you'd change a lot, wouldn't you?
HILTON: Yes. I definitely, you know, wish I knew now what, you know, back then. And so I definitely, when I have a daughter, I have a lot of good advice for her.
KING: You want a family?
HILTON: Definitely. Yes.
KING: You want to get married?
HILTON: Not right now. But within the next couple of years, I definitely -- I love kids and I can't wait, you know, to find someone and fall in love and have a big family.
KING: Do you think you'd be a load for someone now?
HILTON: It's hard -- I think someone just...
KING: I mean the guy is going to have to -- to come on...
HILTON: It's -- it's -- it's hard, you know, the media. Every time you're in a relationship, they all make up stories. And I think it just takes someone who doesn't care about that and someone who is just going to love me for me and not pay attention to all the other gossip.
KING: It would have to be a pretty strong guy.
HILTON: He's out there somewhere.
KING: Do you think you've found yourself?
HILTON: I -- I feel like I've started my journey and I'm going to continue every day to find out more and more about myself.
KING: What don't you like about Paris Hilton? What's a personality trait Paris Hilton would change?
HILTON: Something I, you know, when I get nervous or shy, my voice gets really high. I've been doing that ever since I was a little girl. And that's something that I don't like that I do. I like when I talk in my normal voice. But sometimes I go down and that's something I'm trying to change about myself.
