Notable Personalities Quotes

Over the years I have met a lot of important people, but no one as important as Elvis Presley.

History - a biography of a few stout and earnest persons

One of the interesting things is, the most gifted people, the biggest people, have no problem taking small roles.

Only great men have great faults.

No age or condition is without its heroes . The least incapable general in a nation is its Cæsar, the least imbecile statesman its Solon , the least confused thinker its Socrates , the least commonplace poet its Shakespeare .

Nations, like families, have great men only in spite of themselves.

Know the great men of your age.

Of all studies, the most delightful and the most useful is biography. The seeds of great events lie near the surface; historians delve too deep for them. No history was ever true. Lives I have read which, if they were not, had the appearance, the interest, and the utility of truth.

I've met every freak in the business.

Usually, you get to interview that one girl who plays the sister on some Disney show - you interview that girl a lot - but sometimes, every once in a while, you get to interview a legend. I have interviewed some amazingly iconic people, including Michelle Obama, Oprah, Sidney Poitier and Judy Dench. These people are legit icons.

If I could throw a dinner party for anyone, I'd invite Lena Dunham, Dave Chappelle, and Gena Rowlands.

Who could forget Malcolm Devon?

It's not name dropping, but not many people can say, like me, that they spent the day with the likes of Francis Bacon or that boring drunk Dylan Thomas. You don't forget things like that.

The famous carry about with them a great weight of patriarchal baggage-the footnotes of their lives.