If I ever write an autobiography, 'Hilariously Unhappy' could very well be the title. — David Hewlett Copy Share Image
I was born and have ever remaind [sic] in the most humble walks of life. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The course of life is unpredictable no one can write his autobiography in advance. — Abraham Joshua Heschel Copy Share Image
“Mary [Tyler Moore] was absolutely brilliant... She is a fabulous actress. She can do anything.” — Gavin MacLeod Copy Share Image
I don't want to write an autobiography because I would become public property with no privacy left. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
“The highest as the lowest form of criticism is a mode of autobiography. Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
an autobiography held out the promise of hearing truths that only friends confess to one another but are knowledge you need to… — Phyllis Rose Copy Share Image
I think every artist's next work will reflect a new chapter in their autobiography. Each album tells a story about where they… — G-Eazy Copy Share Image
I will read biographies or autobiographies while I'm writing, but mostly I put books in a to-read queue, like Rachel Cusk's new… — David Duchovny Copy Share Image
An autobiography is only 'a sort of life' - it may contain less errors of fact than a biography, but it is… — Graham Greene Copy Share Image
A great danger, or at least a great temptation, for many writers is to become too autobiographical in their approach to their… — Raymond Carver Copy Share Image
“better to keep a good conscience with an empty purse, than to get a bad opinion of myself, with a full one.” — David Crockett Copy Share Image
[The public has] the habit now of invalidating opinions emanating from me by reference to my age and infirmities. — James Madison Copy Share Image
“[His research into biblical criticism had lead him to the conclusion that most of what was contained in traditional religion simply wasn't… — Felix Adler Copy Share Image
I had said before that I'd never write an autobiography because I've been around, and there's a lot that I've seen and… — Dionne Warwick Copy Share Image
Most people write a lot of autobiography, but when I came to write autobiography I discovered that nothing interesting had ever happened… — W. P. Kinsella Copy Share Image
A home should be an intimate autobiography of the things that you like. One of the things I'm so keen on expressing… — Alexandra Stoddard Copy Share Image
“I recall the words of Charles Darwin in his Autobiography. ‘I rejoice that I have avoided controversies, and this I owe to… — Richard Fortey Copy Share Image
Look, I really do not care about you. What I care about is the worlds that you bear witness to. You are… — Michael Lesy Copy Share Image
A scientific autobiography belongs to a most awkward literary genre. If the difficulties facing a man trying to record his life are… — Erwin Chargaff Copy Share Image
That is what the highest criticism really is, the record of one's own soul. It is more fascinating than history, as it… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“It’s a bit burned,” my mother would say apologetically at every meal, presenting you with a piece of meat that looked like… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
I can't relate to the idea of suicide. I guess I'm just one of those people that is always optimistic and upbeat.… — Dane Cook Copy Share Image
“I knew that if I allowed fear to overtake me, my journey was doomed. Fear, to a great extent, is born of… — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
When you realize how hard it is to know the truth about yourself, you understand that even the most exhaustive and well-meaning… — Phyllis Rose Copy Share Image
“I've already spent ten years of my life apologizing for that band. As their manager, that's all I really did. Apologize. For… — Motley Crue Copy Share Image
“Autobiographical writing stands as lasting memorial for enduring the travails of an earthly life. Writing is an apt technique to score our… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
The life of each and every one of us has been written. The crucifix is my autobiography. The blood is the ink.… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
The social scientist is in a difficult, if not impossible position. On the one hand there is the temptation to see all… — Richard Lewontin Copy Share Image