Autobiography Quotes

225 Autobiography quotes by 196 unique authors

It is impossible to avoid the suspicion that historical Jesus research is a very safe place to do theology and call it history, to do… — John Dominic Crossan
I read the book [My Life by Bill Clinton] completely. And I think it compares very favorably with Ulysses S. Grant's gold standard of presidential… — Dan Rather
I haven't read any of the autobiographies about me. — Elizabeth Taylor
I won't write my autobiography because I never had an affair with Frank Sinatra, and if I had had, I wouldn't tell anyone. — Celia Johnson
But, Tarantino has seen all of my movies. He's seen my good stuff, he's seen my bad stuff, he's seen the ones I directed, he's… — David Carradine
I believe there's only one autobiography you can do. — John McEnroe
An autobiography is not about pictures; it's about the stories; it's about honesty and as much truth as you can tell without coming too close… — Boris Becker
Autobiography. Apparently one should not name the names of those one has been to bed with, or give explicit figures on the amount of money… — Robert Silverberg
The book is openly a kind of spiritual autobiography, but the trick is that on any other level it's a kind of insane collage of… — Jonathan Lethem
I had to live and breathe Margaret Thatcher for a few months. I totally engulfed myself in her life. I read her autobiography and a… — Alexandra Roach
Anything that is not autobiography is plagiarism. — Pedro Almodovar
For those who know how to read, I have painted my autobiography — Pablo Picasso
History is the autobiography of a madman. — Alexander Herzen
To admire Satan [in Paradise Lost] is to give one's vote not only for a world of misery, but also for a world of lies… — C.S. Lewis
Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply. They're either speaking or preparing to speak. They're… — Stephen Covey
Empathic listening is so powerful because it gives you accurate data to work with. Instead of projecting your own autobiography and assuming thoughts, feelings, motives… — Stephen Covey
Ive never had any interest at all in being a journalist or writing some sort of historically accurate autobiography. — James Frey
The social scientist is in a difficult, if not impossible position. On the one hand there is the temptation to see all of society as… — Richard Lewontin
American Splendor is just an ongoing journal. It's an ongoing autobiography. I started it when I was in my early 30s, and I just keep… — Harvey Pekar
Autobiography is a wound where the blood of history does not dry. — Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
The course of life is unpredictable no one can write his autobiography in advance. — Abraham Joshua Heschel
Yes, one uses what one knows, but autobiography means something else. I should never be able to write a real autobiography; I always end by… — Alberto Moravia
But if writing about people who are not yourself is illegitimate, then the only legitimate work is autobiography; and as a reader and a citizen,… — Katherine Boo
Johnny Ramone's autobiography is a no holds barred, straight-forward book written in a no-nonsense style that is Johnny personified. His story is written in his… — Tommy Ramone
The biographies and autobiographies are on the whole more impressive than the fiction of the last two decades, but the freakish best sellers among them… — Harold Acton

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