Icy Quote by Gore Vidal

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 heard that…

— Dionne Warwick

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

I’m frequently asked why I don’t write my memoirs. I think I have.

— Pauline Kael

You find yourself writing the truth, because it's like, 'Well, I ain't writing for anyone but myself anyway.'

— Walker Hayes

I formed a resolution to never write a word I did not want to write; to think only of my own tastes and ideals,…

— C. S. Forester

If I cannot be myself in what I write, then the whole is nothing but lies and humbug.

— Henrik Ibsen

All through my writing life, I've had this impulse to write autobiographical works.

— Paul Auster

It's my belief that I was a writer - a very hardworking writer - well before I was published. I did care what others…

— Min Jin Lee

I'm not sure I ever would write a memoir.

— Susan Ford

I have written a memoir here and there, and that takes its own form of selfishness and courage. However, generally speaking, I have no…

— Peter Carey

I am not an autobiographical writer.

— Yann Martel

I wrote what I felt I had to write, and I'm willing to put my own sanity and my reputation behind it.

— Gloria Naylor