“They all laughed when I said I'd become a comedian. Well, they're not laughing now.” — Bob Monkhouse Copy Share Image
Writing Charles Dickens' biography is like writing five biographies. — Claire Tomalin Copy Share Image
“Freedom is found within, in the shape of our laughter and the way we love, in the truths that we live by… — Beth Kempton Copy Share Image
“I have had a lot of readers of my book tell me that they like it, but so far only two reviews… — Rollis Fontenot Jr Copy Share Image
“Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one. -- Stella Adler” — Sheana Ochoa Copy Share Image
“Laura also tried to comfort her staff (after 9/11), but Kathi Card never saw fear in her. "Someone with a strong faith… — Ronald Kessler Copy Share Image
“When you are trapped in a cage with broken wings, freedom can seem like a faraway deeply buried treasure. But it is… — Beth Kempton Copy Share Image
“The writer has to die to give birth to the intellectual in the service of the wretched of the earth.” — Annie Cohen-Solal Copy Share Image
I think that when Tolkien created Gollum and the ring, he even expressed in his biography that he never really knew what… — Richard Armitage Copy Share Image
People who attack biography choose as their models vulgar and offensive biography. You could equally attack novels or poems by choosing bad… — Claire Tomalin Copy Share Image
Reading a newspaper is like reading someone's letters, as opposed to a biography or a history. The writer really does not know… — A. S. Byatt Copy Share Image
Why do we read biography? Why do we choose to write it? Because we are human beings, programmed to be curious about… — Claire Tomalin Copy Share Image
“I often noticed that the surrounding mountains inspired Hitler. He once joked that here he stood 'above the world' in an environment… — Heinz Linge Copy Share Image
“Matthews' shout of treason in the House was no random outburst of lunacy, but the last act in an astonishing adventure: one… — Mike Jay Copy Share Image
“Yet how could I not have believed Hitler a genius and unique when every day I saw and heard how the major… — Heinz Linge Copy Share Image
“In those days, men proved their strength and manliness by being well mannered, helpful, and gentle. Just how gentle they could be… — Terry Lee Rioux Copy Share Image
The late Tom Wicker's biography of Nixon, called 'One of Us,' is really quite good: you see the biographer discovering dimensions of… — Thomas Mallon Copy Share Image
I have a piano in my kitchen. I read a great biography about Tom Waits that said that he had a piano… — Jamie Cullum Copy Share Image
“Today I'm aware of all the times I have said no to opportunities God has placed before me because I think I'm… — Heather Avis Copy Share Image
“Will we ever see his like again? It is doubtful. But at least for a brief moment in time we were lucky… — James Leighton Copy Share Image
“It was the economy that troubled most people prior to World War II. Europe, especially Germany, was dealing with a deep worldwide… — Captain Hank Bracker, "Seawater One Copy Share Image
“Imagine your worst day, multiply it by a hundred, and pray to your God that you never experience what some of the… — Hendri Coetzee Copy Share Image
“The humanitarian philosophies that have been developed (sometimes under some religious banner and invariably in the face of religious opposition) are human… — Harry Kroto Copy Share Image
“Schools had let out early and most businesses were closed in anticipation of the storm. My last ride dropped me off in… — Captain Hank Bracker, "Seawater One Copy Share Image
From the time I was 7 or 8 years old, we were the roughest knockabout act that ever was in the history… — Buster Keaton Copy Share Image
“River smiled sweetly at his tormentors and told them, "If you want to kick my ass, go ahead. Just explain to me… — Gavin Edwards Copy Share Image
“Sometimes we have spent so long in the cage that it feels safer to be trapped inside.” — Beth Kempton Copy Share Image
“None of my friends had grandparents like these. ... Tony and Desolina were exotic.” — James Vescovi Copy Share Image
“Your heart knows there is a greater version of your life available to you.” — Beth Kempton Copy Share Image
“People are complicated,” she said. “Didn’t they teach you that in biography school?” — Frederick Weisel Copy Share Image
