People are intrigued and fascinated, almost obsessed with the private lives of great public personalities.

I don't believe we ought to be discriminating against people for their private lives.

The Iliad is the private lives of people thrown into disorder by history.

What people do in their private lives, these are not big issues that our country's dealing with.

The backstage play, in which the private lives of theater people are put onstage for the world to see, is one of the diciest of dramatic genres.

What I've always tried to find in my books are points at which the private lives of the characters, and also my own, intersect with the public life of the culture.