Kitty Kelley

When Caroline Kennedy endorsed Barack Obama in 2008 as her father's rightful heir, she laid upon him the mantle of Camelot and…

— Kitty Kelley

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,…

— Kitty Kelley

John F. Kennedy brought style and charisma to the White House and a first family that captivated the country: a handsome, witty…

— Kitty Kelley

The authorized biographers - the ones hand-picked to write the sanitized version of a subject's life - sit up front with the…

— Kitty Kelley

A hero is someone we can admire without apology.

— Kitty Kelley

I can't say I wasn't warned. Alarms started clanging the day I signed to write 'His Way: The Unauthorized Biography of Frank…

— Kitty Kelley

People forget that unauthorized does not mean untrue and authorized does not mean authentic.

— Kitty Kelley

I was raised Irish Catholic and went to Holy Names Academy, an all-girl's private Catholic school. I loved the nuns there and…

— Kitty Kelley

Shortly after Senator Eugene J. McCarthy died in 2005 the age of 89, I became an honorary member of the committee starting…

— Kitty Kelley

I only choose to write about people who are alive, are extremely powerful and as such have influenced our lives. I try…

— Kitty Kelley

Studies have been done showing that there really are gender differences, that women do bring more congeniality and compromise to the table.

— Kitty Kelley

Gay marriage has jumped out of the closet on to the front page. Everyone from the president of the U.S. to retired…

— Kitty Kelley

The rumors of Frank Sinatras violence and his ties to organized crime were such that journalists joked in print about me ending…

— Kitty Kelley

I'm not surprised, but I am disappointed that Katharine Carr Esters claims that she was 'tricked' into divulging her true feelings about…

— Kitty Kelley

My biography of Frank Sinatra is not paean to his music but rather an illumination of the man behind the music, who…

— Kitty Kelley

Barack Obama and Michelle Obama don't go to Georgetown... The Clintons did, indeed. And the Clintons go out and about in Washington…

— Kitty Kelley

It would be morally reprehensible not to tell the truth... Everything I have written has stood the test of time.

— Kitty Kelley

Kennedy was haunted by the Bay of Pigs invasion but carried the country through the Cuban Missile Crisis. He later increased the…

— Kitty Kelley

Presidents often disappoint, but first ladies rarely do.

— Kitty Kelley

I admired Eugene McCarthy's courage and although I left his Senate staff after four years to accept a job as the researcher…

— Kitty Kelley

I have believed in the biographies I have written. I truly can tell you that they have influenced our society politically, culturally,…

— Kitty Kelley

The difference between authorized and unauthorized biographies is the difference between riding in carriage or squatting in steerage.

— Kitty Kelley

Both Kennedy and Obama exuded a dash of glamour in their roles as commander-in-chief and became the darlings of Hollywood. As president,…

— Kitty Kelley

I tend to place my own value in spirituality rather than religiosity.

— Kitty Kelley

JFK used to say the bishops and the cardinals were all Republicans, but the nuns were Democrats! I sort of believe that…

— Kitty Kelley