The biographer must be close enough to sympathize, but far enough away to see clearly, to explain but not to defend or attack. He is literature's high-wire performer. A false step this way or that and he loses his balance — and his book.


Time (2 July 1979)

Gerald Clarke Quotes

The biographer must be close enough to sympathize, but far enough away to see clearly, to explain but not to defend or attack. He is literature's...

The biographer must be close enough to sympathize, but far enough away to see clearly, to explain but not to defend or attack. He is literature's...

The biographer must be close enough to sympathize, but far enough away to see clearly, to explain but not to defend or attack. He is literature's...

The biographer must be close enough to sympathize, but far enough away to see clearly, to explain but not to defend or attack. He is literature's...