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Autobiography Quotes

After reading Eminem’s autobiography, which I did because I’m so interested in him as an artist, I respect him a lot. Even though he seems angry and mad, he’s had to fight so many demons in his life Picture Quote #1

If you say a modern celebrity is an adulterer, a pervert and a drug addict, all it means is that you’ve read his autobiography Picture Quote #1

Every autobiography is concerned with two characters, a Don Quixote, the Ego, and a Sancho Panza, the Self Picture Quote #1

And then I wrote my first autobiography when I - well, it was 23 years ago. And since then I’ve written about one book every two years Picture Quote #1

I wasn’t allowed to use people’s real names, such as my siblings and my children’s father, but there’s nothing fabricated or untrue in my autobiography Picture Quote #1

I don’t think men experience the embargo on channeling the autobiography in their literature Picture Quote #1

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With fiction, the works of women are often over-interpreted as autobiography, especially when the main character is a woman, especially if she is seen as privileged Picture Quote #1

I don’t want to write an autobiography because I would become public property with no privacy left Picture Quote #1

All art is autobiographical. The pearl is the oyster’s autobiography Picture Quote #1

My autobiography is one of the truest, most frankly written books ever published in the western hemisphere Picture Quote #1

To write an autobiography, you’ve got to expose other people. I hope to get out of this world as gracefully as possible, without embarrassing anyone Picture Quote #1

Autobiography begins with a sense of being alone. It is an orphan form Picture Quote #1

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One of the most arrogant undertakings, to my mind, is to write the biography of a man which pretends to go beyond external facts and gives the inmost motives. One of the most mendacious is autobiography Picture Quote #1

Autobiographical writings, essays, interviews, various other things... All the non-fiction prose I wanted to keep, that was the idea behind this collected volume, which came out about few years ago. I didn’t think of Winter Journal, for example, as an autobiography, or a memoir. What it is is a literary work, composed of autobiographical fragments, but trying to attain, I hope, the effect of music Picture Quote #1

When I was first approached about doing an autobiography, I said, ‘absolutely not.’ But when I sat down, memories came pouring out. It wrote very quickly - I think there was an emotional impulse, because once I started in, the story itself carried me along. It was a very intense writing period and took a year and change to finish Picture Quote #1

After reading Eminem’s autobiography, which I did because I’m so interested in him as an artist, I respect him a lot. Even though he seems angry and mad, he’s had to fight so many demons in his life Picture Quote #1

A good autobiography is like a document: a mirror of the age on which people can ‘depend.’ In a novel, by contrast, it’s not the facts that matter, but precisely what you add to the facts Picture Quote #1

I write to be truthful in my songs, which is why I wrote what’s painfully truthful about my life in my autobiography Picture Quote #1

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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

$If the landscape changes, then I don’t know who I am either. The landscape is a refracted autobiography. As it disappears you lose your sense of self Picture Quote #1$

There is no question in my mind: reading Gandhi’s autobiography changed my life Picture Quote #1

I started writing about New Mexico in an autobiography class I was taking for school, and realized that it was very inspiring place for me Picture Quote #1

An autobiography is not about pictures; it’s about the stories; it’s about honesty and as much truth as you can tell without coming too close to other people’s privacy Picture Quote #1

When my relations with the Communist Party gave me the necessary perspective I decided to write my autobiography. I wanted to show how a man can pass from literature held sacred to action which nevertheless remains that of an intellectual Picture Quote #1

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In 1994, to motivate me to complete my pilot’s license, my good friend, Gregg Maryniak, gave me Charles Lindbergh’s autobiography of his solo flight across the Atlantic Picture Quote #1

The course of life is unpredictable no one can write his autobiography in advance Picture Quote #1

Few men would dare to read their own autobiography if all their deeds were recorded in it; few can look back upon their entire career without a blush Picture Quote #1

What’s upsetting about an autobiography is that the final chapter is always missing. I mean, you want the death, don’t you? Picture Quote #1

So an autobiography about death should include, in my case, an account of European Jewry and of Russian and Jewish events - pogroms and flights and murders and the revolution that drove my mother to come here 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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After reading Eminem’s autobiography, which I did because I’m so interested in him as an artist, I respect him a lot. Even though he seems angry and mad, he’s had to fight so many demons in his life (Autobiography Quotes) If you say a modern celebrity is an adulterer, a pervert and a drug addict, all it means is that you’ve read his autobiography (Autobiography Quotes) Every autobiography is concerned with two characters, a Don Quixote, the Ego, and a Sancho Panza, the Self (Autobiography Quotes) And then I wrote my first autobiography when I - well, it was 23 years ago. And since then I’ve written about one book every two years (Autobiography Quotes) I wasn’t allowed to use people’s real names, such as my siblings and my children’s father, but there’s nothing fabricated or untrue in my autobiography (Autobiography Quotes) I don’t think men experience the embargo on channeling the autobiography in their literature (Autobiography Quotes) With fiction, the works of women are often over-interpreted as autobiography, especially when the main character is a woman, especially if she is seen as privileged (Autobiography Quotes) I don’t want to write an autobiography because I would become public property with no privacy left (Autobiography Quotes) All art is autobiographical. The pearl is the oyster’s autobiography (Autobiography Quotes) My autobiography is one of the truest, most frankly written books ever published in the western hemisphere (Autobiography Quotes) To write an autobiography, you’ve got to expose other people. I hope to get out of this world as gracefully as possible, without embarrassing anyone (Autobiography Quotes) Autobiography begins with a sense of being alone. It is an orphan form (Autobiography Quotes) One of the most arrogant undertakings, to my mind, is to write the biography of a man which pretends to go beyond external facts and gives the inmost motives. One of the most mendacious is autobiography (Autobiography Quotes) Autobiographical writings, essays, interviews, various other things... All the non-fiction prose I wanted to keep, that was the idea behind this collected volume, which came out about few years ago. I didn’t think of Winter Journal, for example, as an autobiography, or a memoir. What it is is a literary work, composed of autobiographical fragments, but trying to attain, I hope, the effect of music (Autobiography Quotes) When I was first approached about doing an autobiography, I said, ‘absolutely not.’ But when I sat down, memories came pouring out. It wrote very quickly - I think there was an emotional impulse, because once I started in, the story itself carried me along. It was a very intense writing period and took a year and change to finish (Autobiography Quotes) After reading Eminem’s autobiography, which I did because I’m so interested in him as an artist, I respect him a lot. Even though he seems angry and mad, he’s had to fight so many demons in his life. (Autobiography Quotes) A good autobiography is like a document: a mirror of the age on which people can ‘depend.’ In a novel, by contrast, it’s not the facts that matter, but precisely what you add to the facts. (Autobiography Quotes) I write to be truthful in my songs, which is why I wrote what’s painfully truthful about my life in my autobiography. (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) If the landscape changes, then I don’t know who I am either. The landscape is a refracted autobiography. As it disappears you lose your sense of self. (Autobiography Quotes) There is no question in my mind: reading Gandhi’s autobiography changed my life (Autobiography Quotes) I started writing about New Mexico in an autobiography class I was taking for school, and realized that it was very inspiring place for me. (Autobiography Quotes) An autobiography is not about pictures; it’s about the stories; it’s about honesty and as much truth as you can tell without coming too close to other people’s privacy. (Autobiography Quotes) When my relations with the Communist Party gave me the necessary perspective I decided to write my autobiography. I wanted to show how a man can pass from literature held sacred to action which nevertheless remains that of an intellectual. (Autobiography Quotes) In 1994, to motivate me to complete my pilot’s license, my good friend, Gregg Maryniak, gave me Charles Lindbergh’s autobiography of his solo flight across the Atlantic. (Autobiography Quotes) The course of life is unpredictable no one can write his autobiography in advance (Autobiography Quotes) Few men would dare to read their own autobiography if all their deeds were recorded in it; few can look back upon their entire career without a blush. (Autobiography Quotes) What’s upsetting about an autobiography is that the final chapter is always missing. I mean, you want the death, don’t you? (Autobiography Quotes) So an autobiography about death should include, in my case, an account of European Jewry and of Russian and Jewish events - pogroms and flights and murders and the revolution that drove my mother to come here. (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)

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