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Any attempts at autobiography before the age of eighty seem pretty self-involved to me. There are a lot of smart middle aged… — Jimmy Buffett Copy Share Image
A complete autobiography would indeed be a picture of the outer and inner universe photographed upon one little life's consciousness. For does… — Lucy Larcom Copy Share Image
A turning point in the public's perception of the building art came with the publication of Frank Lloyd Wright's 'An Autobiography' of… — Martin Filler Copy Share Image
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I write fiction and I'm told it's autobiography, I write autobiography and I'm told it's fiction, so since I'm so dim and… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
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[The public has] the habit now of invalidating opinions emanating from me by reference to my age and infirmities. — James Madison Copy Share Image
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Memoir is trustworthy and its truth assured when it seeks the relation of self to time, the piecing of the shards of… — Patricia Hampl Copy Share Image
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I was sort of on a mission with 'American Splendor.' I wanted to try to prove that comics could do things. I… — Harvey Pekar Copy Share Image
To write an autobiography of Groucho Marx would be as asinine as to read an autobiography of Groucho Marx. — Groucho Marx Copy Share Image
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