"I discovered in writing the biography of Bill Clinton that it is actually easier to write a biography of someone who is dead. Although you can't interview them, you have a fuller perspective on their whole life after they're gone and people are more willing to talk about them."

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Source : Interview with Carlos J. Queirós, www.aarp.org. April, 2006.

David Maraniss

#Writing Quotes #People Quotes #Perspective Quotes

“You need to make time for your family no matter what happens in your life”
“I'm rubber and you're glue," I told Satan, " and everything that bounces of me sticks to you.”
“The less government interferes with private pursuits, the better for general prosperity.”

Source : Martin Van Buren (1969). “Martin Van Buren, 1782-1862: chronology-documents-bibliographical aids”
“I'll never be happy. I believe I'll die alone. I would want it that way. I've been a loner all my life with my secrets and my pain. I'm really lost, but I'm trying to find myself. I'm really a sad, pathetic case. My whole life has been a waste. I've been a failure. I just want to escape.”
“All of them fans in love with me 'cause I say what's real. So I could never give a f-ck how a hater feel.”
“I think everyone shares a fear of failure - that you're only as good as your most recent collection. That's definitely a fear, but it's a fear that fuels me, that makes me want to work harder, that makes me take on more challenges.”
“Business men who are busy the whole day and immediately go to bed after supper, snoring like cows, are not likely to contribute anything to culture.”
“I honestly think the impulse is to grab something and capture it, and not capture a moment that you want to remember, but just capture an image that you want other people to see right away. It's about how someone is going to "like" this and it's no longer an experience. It's just this constant sharing of images. I personally don't like that very much.”

Source : Source: www.empireonline.com

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