Band Quote by Dave Barry

When we made 'North Hills,' I had never heard Warren Zevon, and I never heard the Grateful Dead. I had never heard of Jackson…

— Taylor Goldsmith

“I've always heard that it's not nice to talk about the dead. But it seems to me that's the best time to talk about…

— Shelley Mickle

Our story opens in the mind of Luther L. (L for LeRoy) Fliegler, who is lying in his bed, not thinking of anything, but…

— John O'Hara

“From the beginning I've searched out those writers unafraid to stir up the emotions, who entrust me with their darkest passions, their most indestructible…

— Pat Conroy

For many years I wrote nothing but "I will not sleep with Steve Almond" over and over again, page after page à la Jack…

— Alissa Nutting

One of the most attractive things about writing your autobiography is that you're not dead.

— Joseph Barbera

I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead.

— Samuel Goldwyn

“The catalog showed a man sleeping peacefully while his model-wife read a book in soft but focused light. In real life, however, the light…

— Lorrie Moore

A proper autobiography is a death-bed confession.

— Mary Antin

[He Stopped Loving Her Today] is all about the experience of being alive and the thought process of consciousness, and then you have these…

— Scott McClanahan

“Anyone who has experienced a debilitating sleep disorder knows what it is like to be the walking dead.”

— Steven Magee

“Sleep: a time to tell yourself stories not yet written.”

— Philippe Lechermeier