Life Quote by Pat Conroy

Writing is the only way I have to explain my own life to myself.

— Pat Conroy

Stories develop from things I read and also from my own experiences and experiences of people I know.

— William Sleator

In many ways, I've been writing personal stories all my life.

— Alice Munro

So I found myself telling my own stories. It was strange: as I did it I realised how much we get shaped by our…

— John Marsden

I like to tell stories in my writing but I definitely use my own life experiences to tell that story.

— Snoh Aalegra

“we compose our life in stories we tell ourselves”

— john j geddes

Fundamentally, I think of myself as a storyteller, not a writer.

— Tom Clancy

To write a story is to create a world of your own.

— Gza

I like to tell my own story using my personality and my insight, the way I see things.

— Michael Waltrip

I don't look at myself as a writer; I am a storyteller.

— Vikas Swarup

Sometimes I write about my own life. And sometimes I write about situations I see my friends going through. Sometimes I write about a…

— Taylor Swift

Writers are looking for a story. Using your own life as the basis for a story gives it an association with reality that's a…

— Melvyn Bragg