Biography quotes

“I'd love to make a biographical movie of Chopin. That would be a wonderful excuse to play piano again.”
Eduardo Noriega

"Cobb, a prince among men, misunderstood in his genius, as genius always is". This is the second line from what will be the greatest biography of a great man ever written - type it!

Tommy Lee Jones - Ty Cobb

“- Al Stump: If you die before the book is finished, I'll write the story I want.
- Ty Cobb: I ain't gonna die before the story's finished.
- Al Stump: I'll write slow.
- Ty Cobb: I'll die slow.”

Robert Wuhl - Al Stump
Tommy Lee Jones - Ty Cobb

“- Al Stump: I gotta put your family in my book.
- Ty Cobb: Your book? My book! And nothing about my ex-wives or my children is going to be in it. My book is about baseball!
- Al Stump: My book is about Cobb.
- Ty Cobb: Cobb is Baseball!”
Robert Wuhl - Al Stump
Tommy Lee Jones - Ty Cobb

“You won. You go ahead and tell the whole wide world that the greatest ballplayer who ever lived is also the greatest bastard. Eureka! Who fucking cares?”

Tommy Lee Jones - Ty Cobb