I tend to place my own value in spirituality rather than religiosity..

Presidents often disappoint, but first ladies rarely do..

Most historians agree that Abraham Lincoln was the most important man to ever occupy the White House because he abolished slavery and kept the states….

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

John F. Kennedy brought style and charisma to the White House and a first family that captivated the country: a handsome, witty president, an elegant….

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 ….

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

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

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 ….

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 th….

Kennedy was haunted by the Bay of Pigs invasion but carried the country through the Cuban Missile Crisis. He later increased the number of U.S. milit….

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 am what is known as a benched Catholic and disillusioned by the church doctrine. I believe in things the Catholic Church does not believe in: divor….

I don't give you editorial control. I want to meet you. I want to interview everybody who's ever known you. I want to see your correspondence. I want….

Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act to ensure fair pay for women in the workplace. In addition, he succeeded in getting a measure passed to….

I was raised Irish Catholic and went to Holy Names Academy, an all-girl's private Catholic school. I loved the nuns there and I love them to this day..

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-….

Barack Obama and Michelle Obama don't go to Georgetown. The Clintons did, indeed. And the Clintons go out and about in Washington now. They go to nei….

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

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

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..