Tell the Truth. Make it Special. Life’s a Beach. And then…

I think anything that anyone writes thats any good is going to have a lot of autobiography.

— Stephen Adly Guirgis

“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

“Someday, I want to write an unauthorized autobiography of myself.”

— David McMullen-Sullivan

“As well as writing, 2004 saw my first attempt at wine making: the elixir of life. Unfortunately, my effort tasted more like the elixir…

— Craig Briggs

I caught a cold and didn't have time to work on my autobiography.

— Julie Doucet

Who ever heard, indeed, of an autobiography that was not (interesting)? I can recall none in all the literature of the world

— Anonymous

I don't really think of my essays as being about myself. I know it sounds insane, but I just don't think of them as…

— Sloane Crosley

The way I would live my life is: never do something in real life that I would not want to write about in my…

— Siddharth Katragadda

biography cannot be separated from autobiography: that is, the life written about is inextricably entangled with the life of the biographer.

— Linda Simon

I think I'm like most novelists in that my books have gotten farther and farther away from autobiography the longer I've been writing them.

— Anna Quindlen

If you wish to understand me at all (and to write an autobiography is only to open a window into one's heart) you must…

— Nellie Melba

I want an autobiography without revealing any personal information.

— Diana Ross

I don't like the word 'autobiography.' I rather like the term 'autofiction.' The second you make a script out of the story of your…

— Marjane Satrapi

Because I write fiction, I don't write autobiography, and to me they are very different things. The first-person narrative is a very intimate thing,…

— Kate Atkinson

“I don't think anyone could write a completely honest autobiography. I am sure no one could bear to read it: My Past Was An…

— William S. Burroughs