The difference between authorized and unauthorized biographies is the difference between riding in carriage or squatting in steerage.

While many applauded Oprah for opening her heart to young girls in South Africa, some criticized her for not investing in the youth of America.

JFK used to say the bishops and the cardinals were all Republicans, but the nuns were Democrats! I sort of believe that too.

I would love to do an unauthorized biography about Congress. It's like a secret society up there.

Once I decide to do something, I can't have people telling me I can't. If there's a roadblock, you jump over it, walk around it, crawl under it.

I admired Eugene McCarthy’s courage and although I left his Senate staff after four years to accept a job as the researcher on the editorial page of the Washington Post, I remained an admirer.

I'm not surprised, but I am disappointed that Katharine Carr Esters claims that she was 'tricked' into divulging her true feelings about Oprah and that she now denies that she revealed to me the identity of Oprah's biological father.