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Quote by A. Scott Berg

“I like my subjects to be American, and not too dead, so I can interview people who knew them.”

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A. Scott Berg is an accomplished American biographer, celebrated for his in-depth and captivating biographies. Born on December 4, 1949, Berg has penned biographies that have garnered critical praise and numerous accolades. more

“I developed a mania for Fitzgerald - by the time I'd graduated from high school I'd read everything he'd written. I started with 'The Great Gatsby' and moved on to 'Tender Is the Night,' which just swept me away. Then I read 'This Side of Paradise,' his novel about Princeton - I literally slept with that book under my pillow for two years.”

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Author:A. Scott Berg

“There is always a certain leap of faith that editors have made with their nonfiction writers. If the trust is broken, things can get very embarrassing for the writers and the publisher.”

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Author:A. Scott Berg

“By the '40s, Sam Goldwyn is a very serious man. By the '50s, he's the dean of American producers. To the end, he was Hollywood's gray eminence.”

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Author:A. Scott Berg

“Women enjoyed rights in Egypt they would not again enjoy for more than 2,000 years. They owned ships, ran vineyards, filed lawsuits, practiced medicine. Their husbands supported them after divorce. Their power was unprecedented.”

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Author:Stacy Schiff

“No one in the modern world controls the wealth or territory that Cleopatra did.”

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Book:Cleopatra: A Life

Source: Cleopatra: A Life

“I wear tweed jackets and button-down shirts. I am a 1955 graduate of Harvard University who drives a 1968 Mercedes.”

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Author:J. Anthony Lukas

“I firmly believe that any good journalist must essentially be temperamentally an outsider. I don't think full sense of belonging and security is conducive to creativity.”

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Author:J. Anthony Lukas

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