My biography of Frank Sinatra is not paean to his music but rather an illumination of the man behind the music, who once described himself as 'an 18-karat manic-depressive who lived a life of violent emotional contradictions with an over-acute capacity for sadness as well as happiness.

The rumors of Frank Sinatras violence and his ties to organized crime were such that journalists joked in print about me ending up in concrete boots and sleeping with the fishes if I proceeded to write his biography.

Studies have been done showing that there really are gender differences, that women do bring more congeniality and compromise to the table.

It would be morally reprehensible not to tell the truth... Everything I have written has stood the test of time.

People forget that unauthorized does not mean untrue and authorized does not mean authentic.

Gay marriage has jumped out of the closet on to the front page. Everyone from the president of the U.S. to retired four-star general Colin Powell is embracing the issue, now supported by most Americans. Still, a few people, like former First Lady Laura Bush appear to be conflicted.

There's still time for redemption if I live long enough, don't you think?