Biography is a very definite region bounded on the north by history, on the south by fiction, on the east by obituary, and on the west by tedium. – Philip Guedalla
The work of Henry James has always seemed divisible by a simple dynastic arrangement into three reigns: James I, James II, and the Old Pretender. – Philip Guedalla
Biography, like big game hunting, is one of the recognized forms of sport, and it is as unfair as only sport can be. – Philip Guedalla