I was born with my eyes turned inward.

The creative person should have no other biography than his works.

England has her Stratford, Scotland has her Alloway, and America, too, has her Dresden. For there, on August 11, 1833, was born the greatest and noblest of the Western World; an immense personality, — unique,...

She could do anything with dynamite, except eat it.

When you walk,go different roads that take you nowhere,and see your world.

He wasn’t a great man, but he had a great life.

But, mad or sane, Matthews was a man of no ordinary persistence. He was not prepared to renounce the peace plan, any more than he would be prepared to renounce his madness a few years...

If you put forth a small amount of effort, you just might find your next best friend for life is of a different race than your own.

Give me a fucking pre-med you fuckers, I’m a personal friend of Sir Lancelot Spratt.

Maybe he’d never come across anybody as well versed at objectifying body parts as I was. In my defense, this was an occupational hazard; one of the tricks of my trade was the ability to...

December 29, 1946: Snowing this morning. The year seems to be dying in a light white blanket. Only three more days of this year, then comes a new one. Then, what? No one knows. —...

Always do what you’re afraid to do”-Robert F. Kennedy

The Scripture can only be read intelligently by inspired men and women. The value we get from our reading is in direct proportion to the measure in which we are filled with God’s Spirit. We...

Before the magisterial mess of Trevor Thomas’s house, the orderly houses that most of us live in seem meagre and lifeless — as, in the same way, the narratives called biographies pale and shrink in...

World’s worst writer.” If you’re wondering why I rate all my work one star, it’s because the rating system doesn’t have a zero star option, or better yet, go into negative numbers.

Biography is one of the new terrors of death.

When will the human race choose wisely? All know it is just as eventful, if not more so, when the young seek adventure, purpose, and dreams; instead of blaming everyone but themselves if they choose...

Awake, my soul! Why should I give hours and days any longer to the vain world, when there is such a world of misery at my very door? Lord, put thine own strength in me;...

Other thoughtful year-round gestures to staff included silver picture frames for wedding anniversaries, flowers to ailing spouses, additional checks for medical bills and even a pet dog

This is the true story of my life, as told by a complete liar (me). While that sounds like an honest statement, it’s also a lie. I just can’t help myself. Unless I’m helping myself...

May be you find out I could be useful getting people out of camps and prisons in Germany – just before they got shot. I should love to do it and I like to jump...

A sacrifice to be real must cost, must hurt, and must empty ourselves. Give yourself fully to God. He will use you to accomplish great things on the condition that you believe much more in...

Matthews’ shout of treason in the House was no random outburst of lunacy, but the last act in an astonishing adventure: one that might indeed have changed the history of Europe. But by this point...

if you want it really, you get it !!!

I can find my biography in every fable that I read

Read no history–nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.

While some people are good at painting, playing an instrument or singing, I have been told more than once I am good at storytelling. I hope that you enjoy my stories as I recall them.

Obsessed with Christine to the end, his last statement as he left his cell was, ‘to kill is the final possession’. But Muldowney was wrong. He had never possessed Christine; the resistance burning within her...

it’s not about what to think,it’s about how to think.

Indeed, there is nothing on this earth more peaceful than a sleeping, purring cat.

Come the revolution, however, mesmerism was reconceived once more. From its beginnings many had seen it as an aristocratic fad: Mesmer (by this stage long gone to Germany and Switzerland) had made a fortune from...

But above all, an author must write passionately and edit passionately.

Amar es ponerse al cuello el nudo corredizo de la ilusión; adorar a alguien mientras pareces asfixiarte. Pero incluso el amor no correspondido, el amor fugaz, es mejor que nada.

I’m self-taught. I didn’t just become a man, it was a decision.

A friend is someone who can brighten your day with a simple smile, when others try to do it with a thousand words.

The Doctrine is the Ecstasy

Living in China has made me appreciate my own country, with its tiny, ethnically diverse population of unassuming donut-eaters.

Biographers rue the destruction or loss of letters; they might also curse the husband and wife who never leave each other’s side, and thus perform a kind of epistolary abortion.

You can’t hang out with negative people and live a positive life. Run from them!

I encourage anyone who has gone through hardships to look back through their life’s chapters and see what can be turned into a book. For you never know what heartache God, one day, can turn...

The art stream is filled with snags and has no volume so it has no support. If you finally choose art, no amount of reason or common sense can discourage you. You must selfishly carry...

Just because you can, doesn’t necessarily mean that you should!

Post kept bound books with typed lists of gifts sent and received … jeweler Harry Winston sent her a box of cheese

You have a life; make a success of it.

You’ve got to marinate your head, in that time and culture.You’ve got to become them.”(Speaking about researching, and reading, and immersing yourself in History)

I turned to books for comfort. (Former First Lady, Laura Bush)

As a pauper, the obvious destination for James Tilly Matthews was the Bethlem Hospital, already long known in popular slang as Bedlam. The principal public asylum in London, it had accepted dangerous and insane paupers...

Perhaps once in a lifetime we meet someone who has the ability to inspire us in one brief meeting, who can confront not one but two life-threatening illnesses with remarkable courage – and instil hope...

After moving his family from Yakima to Paradise, California, in 1958, he enrolled at Chico State College. There, he began an apprenticeship under the soon-to-be-famous John Gardner, the first “real writer” he had ever met....

I’d rather be a pessimist because then I can only be pleasantly surprised.