Biographies Quote by Robert Caro

I never wanted to do biography just to tell the life of a famous man. I always wanted to use the life of a…

— Robert Caro

Political biography is in the doldrums. No one wants to read 800 pages or so of cradle-to-grave dead politics, especially if it's familiar stuff…

— Jane Ridley

A political career brings out the basest qualities in human nature.

— James Bryce

Political science without biography is a form of taxidermy.

— Harold Lasswell

You can define everything as being political and analyze it politically.

— Jim Jarmusch

I do not think that one is likely to write a good biography unless one feels some sympathy with its subject.

— Iris Origo

I know I'm not supposed to have any opinions about politics, because I'm famous.

— Cher

“you have to be able to answer those questions plainly and clearly. There can be qualifications and “get-outs,” but the answers must remain comprehensible,…

— Tony Blair

I'm not really a political satirist. I don't kid myself. I'm more interested in doing the mannerisms and the personality.

— Rich Little

A biography is never a biography of one person, of course, but the individual life of your protagonist will never conform. It will always…

— Rachel Holmes

If you're going to make sense of politics you have to have a historical perspective and also recognise that you have to work with…

— Tony Benn

If you want to know about my politics, the only way to do that is to look at my work.

— Tommy Lee Jones