"Nothing moves except my eyes and my hand occasionally turning a page, and yet something not exactly defined by the word "text" unfurls, progresses, grows and takes root as I read. But how does this process take place?"

-- Alberto Manguel

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“I only choose to write about people who are alive, are extremely powerful and as such have influenced our lives. I try to go behind their constructed myths to find the humanity of the person. It takes me about four years on every book and requires hundreds of interviews so I choose people whose lives I respect and achievements are worth recording.”

Source : "Kitty Kelley discusses Oprah bio". Online Chat, www.washingtonpost.com. April 28, 2010.
“Movies are - all I've found is that they're just tougher and tougher to make.”
“Iâ€™m from the health department. Youâ€™ve heard of Typhoid Mary? This fellaâ€™s got enough typhoid to start his own colony.”
“Perhaps it is God's will to lead the people of South Africa through defeat and humiliation to a better future and a brighter day.”

Source : 1902 Speech at the Vereeniging peace talks, 31 May.
“Nobody on the road. Nobody on the beach. I feel it in the air, the summer's out of reach.”
“We must reach out our hand in friendship and dignity both to those who would befriend us and those who would be our enemy.”
“The history of the world is full of men who rose to leadership, by sheer force of self-confidence, bravery and tenacity.”
“I think it was Cosby who also said to me, 'If only 2 percent of the world thinks you're funny, you'll still fill stadiums for the rest of your life.'”

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