'Hedwig' isn't particularly based on me, but I think that…

'Taxi Driver' wasn't autobiographical in terms of the actual events, but I did draw on my own mental state.

— Paul Schrader

People ask, 'Are your things autobiographical?,' and I think, no, they're not autobiographical directly, but of course my life has informed my work.

— Andrea Arnold

Sometimes when people look at the work I've done with my family, they think it's autobiographical. But it really isn't. It's more about the…

— Ari Marcopoulos

L. A. isn't particularly my scene.

— Lorrie Morgan

Reality isn't a particularly good guide to human happiness.

— Rory Sutherland

Kentucky isn't particularly religious.

— Sturgill Simpson

I think anyone who's perfectly happy isn't particularly funny.

— Joan Rivers

It's actually easier to do autobiographical stories. The story is already there. It's a matter of carving away what doesn't fit rather than building…

— Craig Thompson

Autobiographical comics, I love them. I love them.

— Alison Bechdel

I occasionally experience the discomfort of people assuming my work is autobiographical.

— Jonathan Tropper

Because of the wonderfully positive response to 'Life's That Way,' I am considering writing some more autobiographical stuff - maybe another book. I don't…

— Jim Beaver

Of necessity, the autobiographical self is not just about one individual but about all the others that an individual interacts with. Of necessity, it…

— Antonio Damasio

Race as a subject only comes about because of what I look like. If I say something truthfully, people say "Oh, she's so angry."…

— Jamaica Kincaid

I'm always saying that my books are not autobiographical because they're not. I can't choose any one scene and say, 'Oh, this is exactly…

— Cecily von Ziegesar

“I am not and autobiographical writer--one can't be without a solid and explicable self--and read all autobiographical writers with the same curiosity. What kind…

— Yiyun Li