Biographies Quote by Joan Didion

When I read biographies, I skip the first thirty pages about the childhood because it doesn't seem interesting to me.

— Michael Ondaatje

A children's biography doesn't have to be comprehensive, and it doesn't have to be definitive. It does have to be accurate, to the extent…

— Russell Freedman

I like reading biographies because most of them are slightly similar, and it's voyeuristic, looking into someone's life.

— Courtney Barnett

I have written, probably, more books for children than any other writer, from story-books to plays, and can claim to know more about interesting…

— Enid Blyton

I think that writers of literary fiction would do well to read more books for children.

— Eleanor Catton

By the time I was in my teens, I was reading science fiction. I had this maternal uncle who had cartons of books. It's…

— Twinkle Khanna

There's the typical books, Moby Dick and, I guess in my adult life I began to read biographies more than fiction. I started to…

— Julius Erving

My father loved biographies. He loved the true tales of interesting people that were shaping our culture. I get why he dug Vanity Fair.…

— Abigail Spencer

I read everything: fiction, history, science, mathematics, biography, travel.

— Martin Lewis Perl

I have always loved reading books for children and young adults, particularly when those books are mysteries.

— Eleanor Catton

I rarely read children's books.

— Beverly Cleary

I love biographies. I read Patti Smith's 'Just Kids.' I'm into that time frame in New York, the '70s and '80s. In art school,…

— Barry McGee