Autobiography Quote by Jonathan Lethem

“The book, and its offspring the periodical, which hold more knowledge than one human memory can retain, have long served as extensions to human…

— Frederick Kilgour

A book, while it is being written, has an intense life of its own which you share.

— Margaret Bourke-White

Who ever heard, indeed, of an autobiography that was not (interesting)? I can recall none in all the literature of the world

— Anonymous

The book is an experience that allows you to witness your feelings without having to surrender to them, to succumb to them, or to…

— Michael Silverblatt

The composite chapters of life's book are written on delicate layers of feelings and memories. Once torn, these pages remain blemished.

— Alberta Peedoodle

Every autobiography ... becomes an absorbing work of fiction, with something of the charm of a cryptogram.

— H. L. Mencken

“Books are not only the arbitrary sum of our dreams, and our memory. They also give us the model of self-transcendence. Some people think…

— Susan Sontag

Books are not only the arbitrary sum of our dreams, and our memory. They also give us the model of self-transcende nce.

— Susan Sontag

“Our relation to books is a shadowy space haunted by the ghosts of memory, and the real value of books lies in their ability…

— Pierre Bayard

The wonderful thing about books is that they allow us to enter imaginatively into someone else’s life. And when we do that, we learn…

— Katherine Paterson

I have an excellent memory - for books and authors, that is. I remember all the books I've read.

— Ruskin Bond

I think I learned about the relationship between books and life from Margaret Mitchell.

— Pat Conroy