[I] learnt, for the first time, the joys of substituting hard, disciplined study for the indulgence of day-dreaming. — James Black Copy Share Image
I can still recall vividly how Freud said to me, "My dear Jung, promise me never to abandon the sexual theory. That… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
“From the onset of polio in 1921 until his death, Franklin, his family, his inner circle of advisers, and teams of physicians… — Steven Lomazow Copy Share Image
When I read biographies, I skip the first thirty pages about the childhood because it doesn't seem interesting to me. — Michael Ondaatje Copy Share Image
I admit that Mendeleev has two wives, but I have only one Mendeleev. — Alexander III of Russia Copy Share Image
I only read biographies, metaphysics and psychology. I can dream up my own fiction. — Mae West Copy Share Image
I suppose I'm proudest of my novels for what's imagined in them. I think the world of my imagination is a richer… — John Irving Copy Share Image
I'm reading Joe Eszterhas biography; it's fabulous. Every time he made a movie, he fought with the director or the producer over… — Chris Matthews Copy Share Image
The magnificent title of the Functional School of Anthropology has been bestowed on myself, in a way on myself, and to a… — Bronislaw Malinowski Copy Share Image
People are interested in people. They buy biographies; they don't buy studies of presidencies. — H. W. Brands Copy Share Image
I write literary biographies, so above all, I have to love the subject's books. But choosing a subject is tough. — Blake Bailey Copy Share Image
Your biography becomes your biology. This biography includes the totality of your choices, the things you feed your body - you thoughts,… — Caroline Myss Copy Share Image
We love the old saints, missionaries, martyrs, and reformers. Our Luthers, Bunyans, Wesleys and Asburys, etc... We will write their biographies, reverence… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
Christianity was neither original nor unique, but that the roots of much of the Judeo/ Christian tradition lay in the prevailing Kamite… — Gerald Massey Copy Share Image
I have very positive memories of reading biographies of unusual Americans as a child. — Chris Van Allsburg Copy Share Image
Most of society thinks that biography is destiny, that the past equals the future, and of course it does if you live… — Tony Robbins Copy Share Image
Cuvier had even in his address & manner the character of a superior Man, much general power & eloquence in conversation &… — Humphry Davy Copy Share Image
I've been a lifelong horror fan, but at the same time, I would say 90 percent of my reading is biographies and… — Seth Grahame-Smith Copy Share Image
I read Warren Zevon's bizarre biography, "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead." His wife, Crystal Zevon, posthumously published a journal he wrote and… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
I was influenced at an early age by Gandhi, and I have read many biographies of him. I have been greatly influenced… — Mary Robinson Copy Share Image
I got very keen on biography because I wanted to change it. I wanted to stretch the form. I think of it… — Ann Wroe Copy Share Image
As strange as this may sound, I very seldom read fiction. Because my novels require so much research, almost everything I read… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
As for history, we are living in its ruins. And as for biographies, we are living with the consequences of all the… — Scott Lynch Copy Share Image
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