"I am all for charity in judging the men who have occupied the Oval Office over the past seventy year..." — Nigel Hamilton

I belong to the Boston Biographers Group - and get my monthly 'fix' from them. Where else can I sit down for two hours with people who understand the challenge I face, daily, as a life-chronicler?

Biography is, simply, the orphan of academia.

Selective memory is surely one of nature's most effective ways of ensuring the survival of our species.

I'm fascinated by the concept of what I call 'clusters of creativity': the Brontes, the Waughs, families with several geniuses. I'm one of four; competition among siblings has to be a factor.