I would like to read some books: I don't have time; I would like to continue working on my autobiography. — Gunther Schuller Copy Share Image
“When things go really wrong just imagine how interesting it will be as a chapter in your autobiography.” — Gary Edward Gedall Copy Share Image
I dislike modern memoirs. They are generally written by people who have either entirely lost their memories, or have never done anything… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
On the trail of another man, the biographer must put up with finding himself at every turn; any biography uneasily shelters an… — Paul Murray Kendall Copy Share Image
“An autobiography is inherently incomplete unless the last page is written on the eve of the author's demise.” — Dan Makaon Copy Share Image
The only book by a modern president that bears serious comparison with Obama's 'Dreams From My Father' is Jimmy Carter's short campaign… — Jonathan Raban Copy Share Image
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
“Attempting to express a person’s objective reality and subjective state of mind with the written word is an endless task because writing… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
Autobiography is awfully seductive; it's wonderful. Once I got into it, I realized I was following a tradition established by Frederick Douglass… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
“I think I was about twenty-five when I first said - more or less to myself - that I was quite a… — John Pudney Copy Share Image
'Illustrado' is not an autobiography. Only the ideas are autobiographical; the ideas of bitterness, frustration, unchanging society, an individual lost, social awkwardness...… — Miguel Syjuco Copy Share Image
“Filming “The Love Boat” was exciting, but sometimes it was hard to keep track of where to show up for work. It… — Gavin MacLeod Copy Share Image
One's life story cannot be told with complete veracity. A true autobiography would have to be written in states of mind, emotions,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
This may be a little bit of a provocative thing to say, but the memoirist doesn't owe the reader anything other than… — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
Biography, too, is liable to the same objection; it should be autobiography. Let us not, as the Germans advise, endeavor to go… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“After a short time I felt my truck began to move. The force of the water and the rising floodwaters lifted me… — Steven C. Smith Copy Share Image
In writing the autobiography, I can really chuckle when I look at the songs. I was acting out the part. I saw… — Boy George Copy Share Image
I started writing about New Mexico in an autobiography class I was taking for school, and realized that it was very inspiring… — Liza Campbell Copy Share Image
What's upsetting about an autobiography is that the final chapter is always missing. I mean, you want the death, don't you? — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
There's something about the authenticity rather than the autobiography that makes my story and my pain move across and become your story… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
To admire Satan [in Paradise Lost] is to give one's vote not only for a world of misery, but also for a… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
“Aren’t autobiographies born in a question we ask ourselves: how did I get to this point? Don’t we look back over the… — Frederick Weisel Copy Share Image
And then I wrote my first autobiography when I - well, it was 23 years ago. And since then I've written about… — Joan Collins Copy Share Image
“It's so embarrassing to think that someone is actually interested in what you're thinking. And in that regard, it's almost unbelievable that… — Oddný Eir Copy Share Image
'Panto!' is basically my life. It's not a comedy drama; it's a documentary. I was going to write an autobiography, but I… — John Bishop Copy Share Image
Most people when they have autobiographies, they're not autobiographies, they're biographies written by a ghost writer. — Jeff Dunham Copy Share Image
I got Robbie's mobile number and rang him. It went to his voicemail: 'Hi, it's Robbie - whazzup!' Like the Budweiser ad.… — Roy Keane Copy Share Image
It may be that this autobiography [Aimee Semple McPherson's] is set down in sincerity, frankness, and simple effort. It may be, too,… — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
There is a part of me in every character, naturally. That's why novelists rarely write good autobiographies. You start one and it… — John Dos Passos Copy Share Image
I won't write my autobiography because I never had an affair with Frank Sinatra, and if I had had, I wouldn't tell… — Celia Johnson Copy Share Image
I paint the way some people write an autobiography. The paintings, finished or not, are the pages from my diary. — Pablo Picasso Copy Share Image
I think I'm like most novelists in that my books have gotten farther and farther away from autobiography the longer I've been… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
“None of this makes any sense." "I'm beginning to think I should make that the title of my autobiography.” — Rachel Hawkins Copy Share Image
I don't really think of my essays as being about myself. I know it sounds insane, but I just don't think of… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
What follows is more about books than it is about me, but nonetheless it is my inward autobiography, for the words we… — Francis Spufford Copy Share Image
With fiction, the works of women are often over-interpreted as autobiography, especially when the main character is a woman, especially if she… — Kate Zambreno Copy Share Image
But instinct is something which transcends knowledge. We have, undoubtedly, certain finer fibers that enable us to perceive truths when logical deduction,… — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
“As well as writing, 2004 saw my first attempt at wine making: the elixir of life. Unfortunately, my effort tasted more like… — Craig Briggs Copy Share Image
I've always had a sneaking fondness for Martin Van Buren. He wrote his autobiography, you know, and never once mentioned his wife.… — Cleveland Amory Copy Share Image
After reading Eminem's autobiography, which I did because I'm so interested in him as an artist, I respect him a lot. Even… — Taryn Manning Copy Share Image
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