On the trail of another man, the biographer must put up with finding himself at every turn; any biography uneasily shelters an… — Paul Murray Kendall Copy Share Image
It was eerie. I saw myself in that machine. I never thought my work would come to this. Upon seeing a distorted… — Isidor Isaac Rabi Copy Share Image
If the world had but a dozen Arbuthnots in it, I would burn my Travels. — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
Heinrich Zimmerhe had a little saying : The best things cant be told - because they are transcendent, inexpressible truths. The second… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
I read a lot. I especially read memoirs and biographies. It's very helpful when you're thinking about what's possible and what exists… — Jeanine Tesori Copy Share Image
His mother's favorite, he possessed the self-confidence that told him he would achieve something worth while in life, and the ambition to… — Ernest Jones Copy Share Image
Becoming Richard Pryor is a compulsively readable book that sets a new gold standard for American biography. Scott Scaul’s research is extraordinary;… — Debby Applegate Copy Share Image
To my deep mortification my father once said to me, "You care for nothing but shooting, dogs, and rat-catching, and you will… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
Women are defined by their biography, and men are sacrosanct from their biography. — Kate Braverman Copy Share Image
An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man; as, monachism of the Hermit Anthony, the Reformation of Luther, Quakerism of Fox,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I had no expectation that the Prince would offer me the unprecedented and unfettered access to the original and entirely untapped sources… — Jonathan Dimbleby Copy Share Image
I very comprehensively studied Irving Thalberg and his biographies. He's who [Scott] Fitzgerald roughly modeled the character after. He worked for him,… — Matt Bomer Copy Share Image
I've just finished reading some of my early papers, and you know, when I'd finished I said to myself, 'Rutherford, my boy,… — Ernest Rutherford Copy Share Image
I don't want to do the type of writing where I recite biography, parentage and education. I want to rise up from… — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
Read obituaries. They are just like biographies, only shorter. They remind us that interesting, successful people rarely lead orderly, linear lives. — Charles Wheelan Copy Share Image
Siamese twins are interesting because they are the only people who can write a biography and an autobiography at the same time. — Demetri Martin Copy Share Image
I always use primary sources, in addition to reading biographies and other materials. — Nancy Horan Copy Share Image
I've always had an abundance of material about the subjects of my biographies. — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
My reading is always about musical biographies. I have an innate interest and passion for that. — Nina Blackwood Copy Share Image
Somebody approached me about writing a biography on me, I told them they were too late. — Zach Braff Copy Share Image
A damnably readable, streamlined, yet deeply researched work. Skipping the ancestors and aftermath of conventional biography, Max gives us the man, his… — Blake Bailey Copy Share Image
