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> [I started out as a writer of fiction, but nobody wanted to publish my work as a young man. So I decided to put my interest in the narrative writing of biographies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-kaplan/i-started-out-as-a-writer-of-fiction-but-nobody-wanted-to-publish-my/)

[Fred Kaplan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-kaplan/)

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## More by Fred Kaplan

> [Serious biographies need to have a historical base in facts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-kaplan/serious-biographies-need-to-have-a-historical-base-in-facts/)

[Fred Kaplan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-kaplan/)

> [To give credit to Lincoln for moral progression seems beyond the facts and unnecessary for our appreciation of this arguably greatest of all American…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-kaplan/to-give-credit-to-lincoln-for-moral-progression-seems-beyond-the/)

[Fred Kaplan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-kaplan/)

> [I'm not a Lincoln expert, rather a biographer who has had the pleasure of reading much of what has been written about him from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-kaplan/i-m-not-a-lincoln-expert-rather-a-biographer-who-has-had-the-pleasure/)

[Fred Kaplan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-kaplan/)

> [Myth and mythology often serve constructive and aspirational purposes. But they also do harm.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-kaplan/myth-and-mythology-often-serve-constructive-and-aspirational-purposes/)

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> [I first wrote a biography of Thomas Carlyle, and it turned out I loved writing biographies and had a talent for it. I believed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-kaplan/i-first-wrote-a-biography-of-thomas-carlyle-and-it-turned-out-i-loved/)

[Fred Kaplan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-kaplan/)

> [“The New START accord cuts the strategic nuclear arsenals on each side to 1,550 warheads. Can any of its critics make a case that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-kaplan/the-new-start-accord-cuts-the-strategic-nuclear-arsenals-on-each-side/)

[Fred Kaplan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-kaplan/)

> [Is there really any relationship between artists' personal conduct and their art? Certainly not.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-kaplan/is-there-really-any-relationship-between-artists-personal-conduct-and/)

[Fred Kaplan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-kaplan/)

> [Words about Lincoln fill a small but ever-growing library.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-kaplan/words-about-lincoln-fill-a-small-but-ever-growing-library/)

[Fred Kaplan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-kaplan/)

> [Gore Vidal was a man of immense literary talent, some of which he used well, some of which he wasted.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-kaplan/gore-vidal-was-a-man-of-immense-literary-talent-some-of-which-he-used/)

[Fred Kaplan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-kaplan/)

> [“He had entered another imaginative world, one connected to the beginning of his life as a writer, to the Napoleonic world that had been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-kaplan/he-had-entered-another-imaginative-world-one-connected-to-the/)

[Fred Kaplan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-kaplan/)

> [Obama is a very fine writer with an excellent command of language. His memoir 'Dreams From My Father' is a fine book, but it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-kaplan/obama-is-a-very-fine-writer-with-an-excellent-command-of-language-his/)

[Fred Kaplan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-kaplan/)

> [ “As became a young sinner, Sam \[Mark Twain\] had a special interest in Satan. He asked his Sunday school teacher questions about Eve in… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-kaplan/as-became-a-young-sinner-sam-mark-twain-had-a-special-interest-in/)

[Fred Kaplan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-kaplan/)

> ['Colonel Roosevelt' is compelling reading, and Morris a brilliant biographer who practices his art at the highest level.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-kaplan/colonel-roosevelt-is-compelling-reading-and-morris-a-brilliant/)

[Fred Kaplan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-kaplan/)

> [Can a great artist be mean-spirited, grasping, harsh to his family, violent in his emotions, vindictive in his hatreds, an all-purpose scoundrel? If our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-kaplan/can-a-great-artist-be-mean-spirited-grasping-harsh-to-his-family/)

[Fred Kaplan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-kaplan/)

> [I want to contribute to the culture and keep great writers alive by telling the stories of their lives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-kaplan/i-want-to-contribute-to-the-culture-and-keep-great-writers-alive-by/)

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