Autobiography Quote by Clarence Darrow

An autobiography can distort; facts can be realigned. But fiction never lies: it reveals the writer totally.

— V. S. Naipaul

Usually, autobiography is such an indulgence of the ego.

— Tom Robbins

One's life story cannot be told with complete veracity. A true autobiography would have to be written in states of mind, emotions, heartbeats, smiles…

— Anonymous

An autobiography is only to be trusted when it reveals something disgraceful. A man who gives a good account of himself is probably lying,…

— George Orwell

There is no real escape from autobiography into biography. The self has to be faced, or we die.

— Fay Weldon

Autobiography is usually honest but it is never truthful.

— Robert A. Heinlein

When you write an autobiography, it has to be authentic.

— Zeenat Aman

Autobiography is an unrivaled vehicle for telling the truth about other people.

— Philip Guedalla

I believe there's only one autobiography you can do.

— John McEnroe

The real subject of autobiography is not one's experience but one's consciousness. Memoirists use the self as a tool.

— Patricia Hampl

Autobiography is not important. Authenticity is important. The writer must fire herself through the text, be the molten stuff that welds together disparate elements.…

— Jeanette Winterson

Everything is autobiography, even if one writes something that is totally objective. The fact that it's a subject that seizes you makes it autobiographical.

— Lisel Mueller