Autobiography Quote by Kola Boof

I you're writing memoir, but it even comes up in fiction. People just assume that you're writing thinly veiled autobiography. And particularly, I think,…

— Faith Adiele

So many people had been asking me to write an autobiography, or threatening to write my biography without any input from me, that I…

— Michael Palin

When I was young and easily outraged, I would be upset when every fictional character I created was somehow reduced to 'autobiography.'

— Peter Carey

There's a certain point, when you're writing autobiographical stuff, where you don't want to misrepresent yourself. It would be dishonest.

— Mark Strand

I was quite adamant that I will not change my name as it was given by my parents.

— Waheeda Rehman

I just want everybody to know that I'm opposed to an unauthorized biography on anybody.

— Nick Saban

When my daughter went to school, her last name was mine. The school insisted that her father's name be added to hers, not her…

— Mahesh Manjrekar

It's a dangerous thing to name yourself wrongly or to name yourself unjustly.

— John O'Donohue

“So for the sake of your identity,” she said, “you avoided using your real name, which effectively allowed someone else to use your real…

— Joshua Ferris

Yes, it's my real name. I had to pull out my passport twice today to prove it.

— Neon Hitch

When you write an autobiography, it has to be authentic.

— Zeenat Aman

I've had three biographies made about my life so people know an awful lot about me.

— David Cassidy