“My reading is always about musical biographies. I have an innate inter...” — Nina Blackwood Quote

“My reading is always about musical biographies. I have an innate interest and passion for that.”

“I was in the pilot for Spinal Tap before it was a movie.”

“The hardest and worst interview that I have ever done was with Frank Zappa.”

“My father, John Steinbeck, was a man who held human history in great reverence, and in particular the biographies of those people who had risked their lives, their fortunes, and their worldly honor to defend the rights and prerogatives of those who were powerless to defend themselves.”

“Great geniuses have the shortest biographies.”

“I research the role, and if it's a literary character, I read the book, and if it's an historical figure, I research documents and biographies. If it's a fictional character, I work off the script.”