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> [I sometimes think that, since I started writing biographies, I've had more of a life in books than I have had in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claire-tomalin/i-sometimes-think-that-since-i-started-writing-biographies-i-ve-had/)

[Claire Tomalin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claire-tomalin/)

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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.…](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/)

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> [If you know anything about writing biographies, or what is regarded as a good biography, you have minimum input from the person…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lady-colin-campbell/if-you-know-anything-about-writing-biographies-or-what-is-regarded-as/)

[Lady Colin Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lady-colin-campbell/)

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> [Writing Charles Dickens' biography is like writing five biographies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claire-tomalin/writing-charles-dickens-biography-is-like-writing-five-biographies/)

[Claire Tomalin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claire-tomalin/)

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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…](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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> [For me writing biographies is impossible, unless they are brief and concise, and these are, I feel, the most eloquent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-nobel/for-me-writing-biographies-is-impossible-unless-they-are-brief-and/)

[Alfred Nobel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-nobel/)

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