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Autobiography Quotes

The urge to write one’s autobiography, so I have been told, overtakes everyone sooner or later Picture Quote #1

The unconscious of an artist is her greatest treasure. It is what transmutes the dross of autobiography into the gold of myth Picture Quote #1

There is no real escape from autobiography into biography. The self has to be faced, or we die Picture Quote #1

An autobiography held out the promise of hearing truths that only friends confess to one another but are knowledge you need to live Picture Quote #1

A great danger, or at least a great temptation, for many writers is to become too autobiographical in their approach to their fiction. A little autobiography and a lot of imagination are best Picture Quote #1

Autobiography is never entirely true. No one can get the right perspective on himself. Every fact is colored by imagination and dream Picture Quote #1

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Siamese twins are interesting because they are the only people who can write a biography and an autobiography at the same time Picture Quote #1

An autobiography is a book a person writes about his own life and it is usually full of all sorts of boring details Picture Quote #1

If you want to tell the untold stories, if you want to give voice to the voiceless, you’ve got to find a language. Which goes for film as well as prose, for documentary as well as autobiography. Use the wrong language, and you’re dumb and blind Picture Quote #1

I don’t really think of my essays as being about myself. I know it sounds insane, but I just don’t think of them as a memoir. They’re essays; they’re not an autobiography Picture Quote #1

The difference between memoir and autobiography, as far as I see it, is that a memoir is there primarily to tell one particular story, whereas an autobiography tries to be a full account of a life Picture Quote #1

I don’t feel famous and I didn’t want my autobiography to be like a Paris Hilton story Picture Quote #1

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Hiring someone to write your autobiography is like hiring someone to take a bath for you Picture Quote #1

That is what the highest criticism really is, the record of one’s own soul. It is more fascinating than history, as it is concerned simply with oneself. It is more delightful than philosophy, as its subject is concrete and not abstract, real and not vague. It is the only civilized form of autobiography Picture Quote #1

Autobiography is not important. Authenticity is important. The writer must fire herself through the text, be the molten stuff that welds together disparate elements. I believe there is always exposure, vulnerability, in the writing process, which is not to say it is either confessional or memoir. Simply, it is real Picture Quote #1

Empathic listening is so powerful because it gives you accurate data to work with. Instead of projecting your own autobiography and assuming thoughts, feelings, motives and interpretation, you’re dealing with the reality inside another person’s head and heart. You’re listening to understand. You’re focused on receiving the deep communication of another human soul Picture Quote #1

My approach to the work is the same, whether I had the lead or a supporting role. I consider myself a character actor in the true sense of the word. Unless I’m doing my autobiography, I’m playing a character Picture Quote #1

I’ve been asked to write an autobiography, and I’ve started it a couple of times, on different angles, and maybe one day I will, but you know what? there’s time for that because I’d like to have the whole story Picture Quote #1

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I would like to read some books: I don’t have time; I would like to continue working on my autobiography Picture Quote #1

It means that no matter what you write, be it a biography, an autobiography, a detective novel, or a conversation on the street, it all becomes fiction as soon as you write it down Picture Quote #1

... When you recollect something which belonged in an earlier chapter, do not go back, but jam it in where you are. Discursiveness does not hurt an autobiography in the least Picture Quote #1

It is not my purpose to attempt a real autobiography. I simply want to tell the story of my experiments with truth... As my life consists of nothing but those experiments Picture Quote #1

A dog cannot relate his autobiography; however eloquently he may bark, he cannot tell you that his parents were honest but poor Picture Quote #1

I write fiction and I’m told it’s autobiography, I write autobiography and I’m told it’s fiction, so since I’m so dim and they’re so smart, let them decide what it is or it isn’t Picture Quote #1

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A man’s memory is bound to be a distortion of his past in accordance with his present interests, and the most faithful autobiography is likely to mirror less what a man was than what he has become Picture Quote #1

The wrongs of childhood and upbringing have made a large and obsessional contribution to autobiography and the novel Picture Quote #1

But if writing about people who are not yourself is illegitimate, then the only legitimate work is autobiography; and as a reader and a citizen, I don’t want to live in that world Picture Quote #1

The autobiography is at one and the same time a single element in the series of the writer’s created works and an interpretation of the whole series Picture Quote #1

I got out of autobiography because my story is, I was famous, it was hard for me, I got into therapy. I had trouble with food, I got a nutritionist. There’s no story there Picture Quote #1

Travel books are, by and large, boring. They lodge uncomfortably between fact, fiction and autobiography Picture Quote #1

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The urge to write one’s autobiography, so I have been told, overtakes everyone sooner or later (Autobiography Quotes) The unconscious of an artist is her greatest treasure. It is what transmutes the dross of autobiography into the gold of myth (Autobiography Quotes) There is no real escape from autobiography into biography. The self has to be faced, or we die (Autobiography Quotes) An autobiography held out the promise of hearing truths that only friends confess to one another but are knowledge you need to live (Autobiography Quotes) A great danger, or at least a great temptation, for many writers is to become too autobiographical in their approach to their fiction. A little autobiography and a lot of imagination are best (Autobiography Quotes) Autobiography is never entirely true. No one can get the right perspective on himself. Every fact is colored by imagination and dream (Autobiography Quotes) Siamese twins are interesting because they are the only people who can write a biography and an autobiography at the same time (Autobiography Quotes) An autobiography is a book a person writes about his own life and it is usually full of all sorts of boring details (Autobiography Quotes) If you want to tell the untold stories, if you want to give voice to the voiceless, you’ve got to find a language. Which goes for film as well as prose, for documentary as well as autobiography. Use the wrong language, and you’re dumb and blind (Autobiography Quotes) I don’t really think of my essays as being about myself. I know it sounds insane, but I just don’t think of them as a memoir. They’re essays; they’re not an autobiography (Autobiography Quotes) The difference between memoir and autobiography, as far as I see it, is that a memoir is there primarily to tell one particular story, whereas an autobiography tries to be a full account of a life (Autobiography Quotes) I don’t feel famous and I didn’t want my autobiography to be like a Paris Hilton story (Autobiography Quotes) Hiring someone to write your autobiography is like hiring someone to take a bath for you (Autobiography Quotes) That is what the highest criticism really is, the record of one’s own soul. It is more fascinating than history, as it is concerned simply with oneself. It is more delightful than philosophy, as its subject is concrete and not abstract, real and not vague. It is the only civilized form of autobiography (Autobiography Quotes) Autobiography is not important. Authenticity is important. The writer must fire herself through the text, be the molten stuff that welds together disparate elements. I believe there is always exposure, vulnerability, in the writing process, which is not to say it is either confessional or memoir. Simply, it is real (Autobiography Quotes) Empathic listening is so powerful because it gives you accurate data to work with. Instead of projecting your own autobiography and assuming thoughts, feelings, motives and interpretation, you’re dealing with the reality inside another person’s head and heart. You’re listening to understand. You’re focused on receiving the deep communication of another human soul (Autobiography Quotes) My approach to the work is the same, whether I had the lead or a supporting role. I consider myself a character actor in the true sense of the word. Unless I’m doing my autobiography, I’m playing a character (Autobiography Quotes) I’ve been asked to write an autobiography, and I’ve started it a couple of times, on different angles, and maybe one day I will, but you know what? there’s time for that because I’d like to have the whole story (Autobiography Quotes) I would like to read some books: I don’t have time; I would like to continue working on my autobiography (Autobiography Quotes) It means that no matter what you write, be it a biography, an autobiography, a detective novel, or a conversation on the street, it all becomes fiction as soon as you write it down (Autobiography Quotes) ... When you recollect something which belonged in an earlier chapter, do not go back, but jam it in where you are. Discursiveness does not hurt an autobiography in the least (Autobiography Quotes) It is not my purpose to attempt a real autobiography. I simply want to tell the story of my experiments with truth... As my life consists of nothing but those experiments (Autobiography Quotes) A dog cannot relate his autobiography; however eloquently he may bark, he cannot tell you that his parents were honest but poor (Autobiography Quotes) I write fiction and I’m told it’s autobiography, I write autobiography and I’m told it’s fiction, so since I’m so dim and they’re so smart, let them decide what it is or it isn’t (Autobiography Quotes) A man’s memory is bound to be a distortion of his past in accordance with his present interests, and the most faithful autobiography is likely to mirror less what a man was than what he has become (Autobiography Quotes) The wrongs of childhood and upbringing have made a large and obsessional contribution to autobiography and the novel (Autobiography Quotes) But if writing about people who are not yourself is illegitimate, then the only legitimate work is autobiography; and as a reader and a citizen, I don’t want to live in that world (Autobiography Quotes) The autobiography is at one and the same time a single element in the series of the writer’s created works and an interpretation of the whole series (Autobiography Quotes) I got out of autobiography because my story is, I was famous, it was hard for me, I got into therapy. I had trouble with food, I got a nutritionist. There’s no story there (Autobiography Quotes) Travel books are, by and large, boring. They lodge uncomfortably between fact, fiction and autobiography (Autobiography Quotes)

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