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Fred Kaplan Quotes

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Is there really any relationship between artists' personal conduct and their art? Certainly not.

Relationship Art Personal Artists

It should be quite clear that it is possible for unpleasant people who are small in various ways other than in their artistic genius to produce great art. Art and morality have no necessary connection.

Great Art People Small Genius Clear

Political history is not the only way to approach historical figures.

History Political Way Historical

Gore Vidal was a man of immense literary talent, some of which he used well, some of which he wasted.

Man Talent Used Wasted Well He

I got to know Gore Vidal quite well, up front and personal: his magnificent strengths and his appalling, almost other-worldly weaknesses.

Know Personal Strengths Up Got Well

Lincoln is a genius of language and a brilliant writer who deserves to be seen as part of the canon of great writers in American literature.

Great Language American Genius Seen

Obama is a very fine writer with an excellent command of language. His memoir 'Dreams From My Father' is a fine book, but it will not rank as one of the great autobiographies.

Father Dreams Great Book Language

Lincoln was the Twain of our politics.

Politics Our Twain Lincoln

We do ourselves a disservice when we self-servingly massage the record.

Massage Ourselves Record Disservice

I started out as a writer of fiction, but nobody wanted to publish my work as a young man. So I decided to put my interest in the narrative writing of biographies.

Work Man Writing Young Young Man

Serious biographies need to have a historical base in facts.

Facts Serious Need Historical Base

I first wrote a biography of Thomas Carlyle, and it turned out I loved writing biographies and had a talent for it. I believed I had a contribution to make.

Talent Writing Loved Contribution

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