Shortly after Senator Eugene J. McCarthy died in 2005 the age of 89, I became an honorary member of the committee starting a fellowship in McCarthy's name at his alma mater, Saint John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota. — Kitty Kelley Copy Share Image
I admired Eugene McCarthy's courage and although I left his Senate staff after four years to accept a job as the researcher on the editorial page of the 'Washington Post,' I remained an admirer. — Kitty Kelley Copy Share Image
When Caroline Kennedy endorsed Barack Obama in 2008 as her father's rightful heir, she laid upon him the mantle of Camelot and the enduring… — Kitty Kelley Copy Share
Once I decide to do something, I can't have people telling me I can't. If there's a roadblock, you jump over it, walk around… — Kitty Kelley Copy Share
John F. Kennedy brought style and charisma to the White House and a first family that captivated the country: a handsome, witty president, an… — Kitty Kelley Copy Share
The authorized biographers - the ones hand-picked to write the sanitized version of a subject's life - sit up front with the swells while… — Kitty Kelley Copy Share
I can't say I wasn't warned. Alarms started clanging the day I signed to write 'His Way: The Unauthorized Biography of Frank Sinatra' (Bantam… — Kitty Kelley Copy Share
People forget that unauthorized does not mean untrue and authorized does not mean authentic. — Kitty Kelley Copy Share
I was raised Irish Catholic and went to Holy Names Academy, an all-girl's private Catholic school. I loved the nuns there and I love… — Kitty Kelley Copy Share
Shortly after Senator Eugene J. McCarthy died in 2005 the age of 89, I became an honorary member of the committee starting a fellowship… — Kitty Kelley Copy Share
I only choose to write about people who are alive, are extremely powerful and as such have influenced our lives. I try to go… — Kitty Kelley Copy Share
Studies have been done showing that there really are gender differences, that women do bring more congeniality and compromise to the table. — Kitty Kelley Copy Share
Gay marriage has jumped out of the closet on to the front page. Everyone from the president of the U.S. to retired four-star general… — Kitty Kelley Copy Share
The rumors of Frank Sinatras violence and his ties to organized crime were such that journalists joked in print about me ending up in… — Kitty Kelley Copy Share
I'm not surprised, but I am disappointed that Katharine Carr Esters claims that she was 'tricked' into divulging her true feelings about Oprah and… — Kitty Kelley Copy Share
My biography of Frank Sinatra is not paean to his music but rather an illumination of the man behind the music, who once described… — Kitty Kelley Copy Share
