clive james, british columnist, great wit. had him on several shows. >> were you appalled, though, by being born for television? because it seems to me that you loved television. and that you loved the world of entertainment? >> i did. >> in general. >> you are right, not to say clive is wrong if he is watching. i don't know. i think you are right, i belong in it. >> still ahead, on "talk to al jazeera" dick cavett on the guests he loved athose he loathed. >> al jazeera america presents the life and crimes of doris payne >> this is talk to al jazeera. i am antonio mora. my guest this week, author and talk show host, dick cavett. >> i want to ask you some of those questions jack parr told you not to ask? >> shoot. >> who do you like the most? who have you liked the most of all of the people? >> betty davis, brando, arson wells and 100 more. one of them is a favorite but if you persist in your folly in pressing me with this, i would have to confess that groucho meant the most to me. >> who did you dislike the most? >> spiro agne

clive james, british columnist, great wit. had him on several shows. >> were you appalled, though, by being born for television? because it seems to me that you loved television. entertainment? >> i did. >> in general. >> you are right, not to say clive is wrong if he is watching. i don't know. i think you are right, i belong in it. >> still ahead, on "talk to al jazeera" dick cavett on the guests he loved athose he loathed. >> a conflict that started 100 year ago, some say, never ended... revealing... untold stories of the valor... >> they opened fire on the english officers... >> sacrifice... >> i order you to die... >> and ultimate betrayal... drawing lines in the sand that would shape the middle east and frame the conflict today >> world war one: through arab eyes only on al jazeera america >> this is talk to al jazeera. i am antonio mora. my guest this week, author and talk show host, dick cavett. >> i want to ask you some of those questions jack parr told you not to ask? >> shoot. >> who do you like the most? who have yo

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clive james, british columnist, great wit. had him on several shows. >> were you appalled, though, by being born for television? because it seems to me that you loved television. entertainment? >> i did. >> in general. >> you are right, not to say clive is wrong if he is watching. i don't know. i think you are right, i belong in it. >> still ahead, on "talk to al jazeera" dick cavett on the guests he loved athose he loathed. >> we're following stories of people who died in the desert. >> the borderland marathon. >> no one's prepared for this journey. >> experience al jazeera america's critically acclaimed original series from the beginning. >> experiencing it has changed me completely. >> follow the journey as six americans face the immigration debate up close and personal. >> it's heartbreaking. >> i'm the enemy. >> i'm really pissed off. >> all of these people shouldn't be dead. >> it's insane. >> the borderland thanksgiving day marathon. on al jazeera america. >> music doesn't change change the world, but it does influence

into the pantheon of essayists, who is up there that -- >> i love an essayist, very sick now named clive james>> rose: oh, sure. >> i find him a wonderful essayist. >> rose: he lives in london, doesn't he. >> he lives i think in australia, i think. just read a collection by him. >> rose: is he writing about dying. >> he is. >> rose: that is what i thought. >> yes. with a sort of sense of humor, which is interesting. i always go back to virginia woolf for certain kind of essay. certain kind of personal yet informed kind of essay. >> rose: then there is the famous orwell essay, why do i write. >> why i do write, absolutely. he was a great essayist, great, yeah. >> rose: when you-- what dow-- tell me how you employ language. are you looking for telling details? are you looking for contradictions? are you looking for what? >> should be a book editor. i look for a mixture of as you said correctly the detail that will capture a reader and i like praises that stand out on a page, you know, that you don't just sort of close over. >> rose: what i would like-- when i read an essay, i like to read someth