Inspiration Quote by Kathy Burke

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

— Paul Auster

I had hoped when my life was chronicled, it would be an inspirational story.

— Om Puri

In 'A Likely Story,' I wanted to recreate the events, the mood, and the imagery of my life as a teenager. I was thirty-seven…

— Rosemary Mahoney

I wanted to really delve into the idea of reckoning with difficult things in one's past - and celebrating the joyful things, and honoring…

— Arlo Parks

“I wrote that book anyhow, because I needed to write it for my own intimate purposes - and also because I was curious to…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

My autobiography was simply the story of my life.

— Sidney Poitier

It's always been my hope that I would write a story that would inspire and would connect with people in a way that would…

— Sue Monk Kidd

I hoped to be able to write a novel which would enable me to live on it while I wrote the next.

— Harper Lee

I wanted to write; I sought all possible paths of personal liberation, but I could never sacrifice a living instant of life for the…

— Nina Berberova

All I wanted to do was read, to be told stories. Stories were full of excitement and emotions and characters that entertained and often…

— Cynthia Voigt

I became a writer out of the desire to express myself.

— Pankaj Kapur

“Autobiographical writing acts as a timeless testament to each person’s epic record of adventure, heartache, road to perdition, and achievement of a spiritual life…

— Kilroy J. Oldster