Of all liars the most arrogant are biographers: those who would ha

Of all liars the most arrogant are biographers: those who would have us believe, having surveyed a few boxes full of letters, diaries, bank statements and photographs, that they can play at the recording angel and tell the whole truth about another human life. – A. N. Wilson

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