Character Quote by David Sedaris

There is nothing about myself that I wouldn't reveal or write about. I don't care how horrendous or ridiculous I may appear in person…

— Augusten Burroughs

You have to expose part of yourself to create a character deep enough for readers to care about. You try not to because it's…

— Adam Haslett

I spend my whole life trying to put up a front to prevent people from seeing certain parts of me. Weirdly, when I go…

— Maria Semple

It is scary to write - period - for me, but once you get past the idea that it's scary to write, I still…

— Jason Robert Brown

For better or worse, I seem to gravitate toward writing about something or someone else, then have my own self shove its way into…

— Lucas Mann

Sometimes I think that my best writing comes from exposing my fears and vulnerabilities and hoping that nobody notices it's about me.

— Victoria Laurie

Writing with privacy is paramount. You must feel free to admit to yourself your deepest, darkest secrets and true feelings.

— Jewel

Reading about myself on public platforms makes me uncomfortable. I don't like it. I read other people's interviews or articles, but when it comes…

— Akshaye Khanna

I'm just not that comfortable writing so much about myself.

— Mike Wallace

I think I'm attracted to writers who tell us something about ourselves.

— Garry Hynes

I don't write about myself. I'm never in my books.

— Susan Straight

If I write a character, instead of looking from the outside, like maybe a journalist would, trying to describe them physically and figuring out…

— Jeffrey Eugenides