Not enough books focus on how a culture responds to radically new ideas or discovery. Especially in the biography genre, they tend… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
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“Christine did not live, or love, as most people do. She lived boundlessly, as generous as she could be cruel, prepared to… — Clare Mulley Copy Share Image
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I just want everybody to know that I'm opposed to an unauthorized biography on anybody. — Nick Saban Copy Share Image
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I became quite taken over by Johnson's personality at some points while writing the biography, and since I went straight on to… — Jonathan Coe Copy Share Image
I don't consider 'American Rose' to be a biography so much as a microcosm of 20th-century America, told through Gypsy's tumultuous life… — Karen Abbott Copy Share Image
The most frequent thing people said to me about Princess Diana when I was conducting interviews for my biography was that she… — Tina Brown Copy Share Image
“Gregor flushed as he went on: "The entire content of the Confesions could be put into one single sentence in the book:… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“While you cannot always change your situation, you can always change the way you respond to it.” — Beth Kempton Copy Share Image
“But, mad or sane, Matthews was a man of no ordinary persistence. He was not prepared to renounce the peace plan, any… — Mike Jay Copy Share Image
I think some authors suffer from a need to try to prove that they're clever and educated. I try not to suffer… — Amity Shlaes Copy Share Image
“Haslam leaves us in no doubt what we are supposed to make of Matthews' mental world: this is gibberish and nothing more.” — Mike Jay Copy Share Image
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“Growing up in Fitzgerald, I lived in an intense microcosm, where your neighbor knows what you're going to do even before you… — Frances Mayes Copy Share Image
“I started studying law, but this I could stand just for one semester. I couldn't stand more. Then I studied languages and… — George Pólya Copy Share Image
“It's strange how things seem to come full circle. You know what I mean? I'm sure you do. The way your life… — James Corden Copy Share Image
“[I]t is easier to be an insider as an outsider than to be an outsider as an insider...You will face more hate… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
