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title: "7 Autobiographical Writer Quotes by 7 authors"
description: "Browse 7 Autobiographical Writer quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Autobiographical Writer sayings and thoughts."
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> [“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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yiyun-li/i-am-not-and-autobiographical-writer-one-can-t-be-without-a-solid-and/)

[Yiyun Li](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yiyun-li/)

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> [I'm not an autobiographical writer, but I am a writer who deals with human emotion on all levels.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-m-not-an-autobiographical-writer-but-i-am-a-writer-who-deals-with/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [I'm not really an autobiographical writer, though I use lots of stuff from my life to make my stories seem real. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-eugenides/i-m-not-really-an-autobiographical-writer-though-i-use-lots-of-stuff/)

[Jeffrey Eugenides](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-eugenides/)

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> [I'm Turkish-American; I was a freshman at Harvard in 1995 and 96. I did teach English in Hungary in the summer of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elif-batuman/i-m-turkish-american-i-was-a-freshman-at-harvard-in-1995-and-96-i-did/)

[Elif Batuman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elif-batuman/)

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> [I am not an autobiographical writer. I'll take little elements here and there from things that I've actually experienced-counting eyelashes on a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-stipe/i-am-not-an-autobiographical-writer-i-ll-take-little-elements-here/)

[Michael Stipe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-stipe/)

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> [I am not an autobiographical writer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yann-martel/i-am-not-an-autobiographical-writer/)

[Yann Martel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yann-martel/)

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> [. . . All artists’ work is autobiographical. Any writer’s work is a map of their psyche. You can really see what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-addonizio/all-artists-work-is-autobiographical-any-writer-s-work-is-a-map-of/)

[Kim Addonizio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-addonizio/)

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