Oprah Quotes

“Instinctively she knew that talking, talking, talking kept people from probing, probing, probing. The more she seemed to reveal about herself, the more she could hide, and still appear to be open and forthcoming.”
― Kitty Kelley, Oprah

“Oprah had no sympathy for welfare recipients and frequently berated them. 'I was a welfare daughter, just like you….How did you let yourselves become welfare mothers? Why did you choose this? I didn’t.”
― Kitty Kelley, Oprah

“Without having to follow the dictates of the subject, the

unauthorized biographer has a much better chance to penetrate the manufactured public

image, which is crucial. For, to quote President Kennedy again, 'The great enemy of the

truth is very often not the lie--deliberate, contrived and dishonest--but the myth-persistent, persuasive and unrealistic.”
― Kitty Kelley, Oprah

“Oprah had come a long way from the days when she, too, loved to shock her audiences. But she no longer wanted to be seen as a vulgarian, hosting shows for nudists and shouting 'penis, penis, penis.”
― Kitty Kelley, Oprah

“East of Eden,”
― Kitty Kelley, Oprah