Quotes About Biography

Newt Gingrich wrote a novel, and he's a short story. Bill Clinton wrote a biography, and he's a novel.

I didn't want to write a biographie romancee especially since I already write novels, nor did I want to challenge the rules of the biography game, arbitrary as those rules might be.

I would perhaps like to go back to writing small books about obscure people.

When I became obsessed with Winston Churchill, I wrote a book about Churchill. What a joy it was to write that book!

Sometimes if biography is too head-on, it can feel too obvious.

Every great man nowadays has his disciples, and it is usually Judas who writes the biography.

When I Read the Book When I read the book, the biography famous, And is this then (said I) what the author calls a man's life? And so will some one when I am dead and gone write my life? (As if any man really knew aught of my life, Why even I myself I often think know little or nothing of my real life, Only a few hints, a few diffused faint clews and indirections I seek for my own use to trace out here.)

When I Read the Book When I read the book, the biography famous,   And is this then (said I) what the author calls a man's life?   And so will some one when I am dead and gone write my life?   (As if any man really knew aught of my life,   Why even I myself I often think know little or nothing of my real life,   Only a few hints, a few diffused faint clews and indirections   I seek for my own use to trace out here.)

When I read the book, the biography famous, And is this then (said I) what the author calls a man's life? And so will some one when I am dead and gone write my life? (As if any man really knew aught my life, Why even I myself I often think know little or nothing of my real life, Only a few hints, a few diffused faint clews and indirections I seek for my own use to trace out here.)

Walter Isaacson, the CEO of the Aspen Institute, has been the chairman of CNN and the managing editor of Time magazine. He is the author of Einstein: His Life and Universe, Benjamin Franklin: An American Life, and Kissinger: A Biography, and is the coauthor, with Evan Thomas, of The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made. He and his wife live in Washington

Here is a selection from her portfolio.

A Benjamin Franklin Reader Benjamin Franklin: An American Life Kissinger: A Biography

shaping some of the greatest technological innovations of our time." —The Washington Post "A wonderfully robust biography that not only tracks Jobs's life but also serves as a history of digital technology. What makes the book come alive, though, is Isaacson's ability to shape the story as a kind

Walter Isaacson

Walter Isaacson

He also had a trait, so common among innovators, that was charmingly described by his biographer Andrew Hodges: "Alan was slow to learn that indistinct line that separated initiative from disobedience.

It's a testament to Isaacson's skill as a biographer that readers can at last obtain the picture of Steve Jobs as a human being rather than a legend . . . anyone who's ever wondered how so very much about the technology landscape has changed so fundamentally in just thirty-five years, owes it to themselves to read this book." —TUAW.com "Walter Isaacson's book is an unflinching biography of a manifestly

Thomas Carlyle afirmaba que «la historia del mundo no es sino la biografía de grandes hombres»

This biography is essential reading." —The New York Times, Holiday Gift Guide "A superbly told story of a superbly lived life.

published one on Benjamin Franklin and was writing one about Albert Einstein, and my initial reaction

is an unflinching biography of a manifestly great man. . . . Steve Jobs's life was a great story with a near mythic arc, and Isaacson captures it well . . . the book moves at a fast pace with a great eye for detail. . . . Isaacson is perceptive and original.

Walter Isaacson, the CEO of the Aspen Institute, has been the chairman of CNN and the managing editor of Time magazine. He is the author of Einstein: His Life and Universe, Benjamin Franklin: An American Life, and Kissinger: A Biography, and is the coauthor, with Evan Thomas, of The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World

Walter Isaacson

Walter Isaacson