Every word is autobiographical, and every word is fiction.

There's a perilous word fiction writers need to watch out for. The word is 'had.'

— James Scott Bell

...The very word 'fiction' implies another world, literally a different place, whereas no one claims that a dedicated sportsman is escaping his life, or…

— Russell T Davies

To most readers the word 'fiction' is an utter fraud. They are entirely convinced that each character has an exact counterpart in real life…

— Louis Auchincloss

I'm not an autobiographical writer, but I am a writer who deals with human emotion on all levels.

— Anonymous

Memoir is actually the most egoless genre, even though it might seem ostensibly so much ego-driven. In order for it to succeed, you have…

— Nick Flynn

“Attempting to express a person’s objective reality and subjective state of mind with the written word is an endless task because writing alters our…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

My books aren't autobiographical.

— Emily Giffin

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