My biography of Frank Sinatra is not paean to his music but rather an illumination of the man behind the music, who once described himself as 'an 18-karat manic-depressive who lived a life of violent emotional contradictions with an over-acute… — Kitty Kelley Copy Share Image
Most historians agree that Abraham Lincoln was the most important man to ever occupy the White House because he abolished slavery and kept the states united through a bloody civil war. — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
People forget that unauthorized does not mean untrue and authorized does not mean authentic. — Kitty Kelley Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
