Autobiography Quote by Philip Roth

I think I do more fiction than autobiography.

— Martine Syms

Thus, in a real sense, I am constantly writing autobiography, but I have to turn it into fiction in order to give it credibility.

— Katherine Paterson

I'm drawn to fiction that hints at nonfiction, that blurs or seems to blur the boundaries between invention and autobiography.

— Garth Greenwell

An autobiography can distort; facts can be realigned. But fiction never lies: it reveals the writer totally.

— V. S. Naipaul

I don't like the word 'autobiography.' I rather like the term 'autofiction.' The second you make a script out of the story of your…

— Marjane Satrapi

I wrote a novel, so now they can call me a novelist. I tell stories; that's it.

— Nathan Englander

If everything in my career has to be made into an autobiography, then there will be people who might think that I am trying…

— Himesh Reshammiya

It's a feature of our age that if you write a work of fiction, everyone assumes that the people and events in it are…

— Margaret Atwood

Whenever I wrote fiction, people always seemed to think that what I wrote was true, that it was entirely autobiographical. And when I would…

— Jonathan Ames

Fiction comes in all shapes and sizes. Secrets,lies,stories. We all tell them. Sometimes,because we hope to entertain. Sometimes,because we need to distract. And sometimes,…

— Jodi Picoult

Fiction is very important to me. It's what I do, it's what I do with my life.

— Theodore Sturgeon

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