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Kitty Kelley Biography

Catherine "Kitty" Kelley (born April 4, 1942) is an American journalist and author of several best-selling unauthorized biographies of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, Frank Sinatra, Nancy Reagan, the British Royal Family, the Bush family, and Oprah Winfrey.

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

My Own, Place, Spirituality, Value, Values

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

Doe, Forget, Mean, People

It would be morally reprehensible not to tell the truth. . . Everything I have written has stood the test of time.

Reprehensible, Tell, Test, Tests, Would Be, Writing

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 to see your bank statements. But you will have no control over what I write. That's why I really believe in the unauthorized biography.

Bank, Believe, Biography, Give, Giving, Writing

Gay marriage has jumped out of the closet on to the front page. Everyone from the president of the U. S. to retired four-star general Colin Powell is embracing the issue, now supported by most Americans. Still, a few people, like former First Lady Laura Bush appear to be conflicted.

Bush, Former, Gay, Issues, Laura, Stars

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 first lady, and two adorable young children.

Charisma, Children, Country, Elegant, John, Witty

I have believed in the biographies I have written. I truly can tell you that they have influenced our society politically, culturally, socially.

Biographies, Influenced, Our Society, Politically, Written

JFK used to say the bishops and the cardinals were all Republicans, but the nuns were Democrats! I sort of believe that too.

Believe, Bishops, Democrats, Republican, Sort

Presidents often disappoint, but first ladies rarely do.

Disappoint, Firsts, Ladies, President, Rarely

A hero is someone we can admire without apology.

Admire, Apology, Hero, Sorry, Sports

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 united through a bloody civil war.

Abraham, Agree, Kept, Men, War, White

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

Bring, Congeniality, Differences, Done, Showing, Tables

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 end discrimination against gays in the military.

Military, Gay, Pay, Against, Fair

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.

Crawl, Jump, People, Perseverance, Walk, Walks

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. military advisers to South Vietnam to more than 16,000.

16000, Country, Crisis, Military, Pigs, Vietnam

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 and sleeping with the fishes if I proceeded to write his biography.

Joked, Rumors, Sleep, Ties, Violence, Writing

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: divorce being one, and a women's right to choose being another.

Believe, Divorce, Catholic, Known, Choose

I only choose to write about people who are alive, are extremely powerful and as such have influenced our lives. I try to go behind their constructed myths to find the humanity of the person. It takes me about four years on every book and requires hundreds of interviews so I choose people whose lives I respect and achievements are worth recording.

Book, Choose, Humanity, Powerful, Respect, Writing

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.

Girl, School, Names, Holy, Day

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.

Africa, America, Girl, Girls, Heart, Youth