Autobiographical Quotes

I very much dislike writing about myself or my work, and when pressed for autobiographical material can only give a bare chronological outline which contains no pertinent facts.

Anyone who writes an autobiographical work at the age of 34 is, at best, presumptuous. It occurred to me that it was time to set the record straight.

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

All fiction becomes autobiographical when the author has true talent.

The film of tomorrow appears to me as even more personal than an individual and autobiographical novel, like a confession, or a diary.

I had absolutely no trauma in my childhood. If anyone ever assumed that my books were autobiographical, they'd be sorely disappointed, because none of these things happened to me.

Novelists are always resisting autobiographical readings of their work, because they know how false those can be.

I can't remove the autobiographical slant from the things I write. You always bring yourself into what you're writing.

Autobiographical comics, I love them. I love them.

I wouldn't write anything autobiographical. If you've lived a life like Laurence of Arabia, it might be a consideration, but otherwise it's a little bit vain, it seems to me.

It is so common to write autobiographical fiction in which your own experience is thinly disguised.

I love songs that are very autobiographical.

My work is purely autobiographical... It is about myself and my surroundings.

True stories, autobiographical stories, like some novels, begin long ago, before the acts in the account, before the birth of some of the people in the tale.

All of my songs are autobiographical.

People who think my books are autobiographical, which they're not, credit me with having a much better memory than I do. I do, however, have a powerful imagination.

Recording is more autobiographical than acting. It's me - either how I'm feeling then or once felt at some point in my life. It's all me.

I'm not really an autobiographical writer, though I use lots of stuff from my life to make my stories seem real. But when I actually write about myself, I get very confused.

There is no doubt that this film is autobiographical, but at the same time it also tries to portray an ordinary couple in a language that everyone can understand.

In each of my characters there is a little of me. Not strictly autobiographical but a little piece of my soul.

The first book I ever wrote was in fourth grade and it was called 'Billy's Booger.' It was an autobiographical piece about a kid who was really bad at math.

All art is autobiographical. The pearl is the oyster's autobiography.

Most victims of my autobiographical verse are either far too polite, remarkably understanding unaware that I have written poems about them.

Few writers are willing to admit writing is autobiographical.

I think I had actually served my apprenticeship as a writer of fiction by writing all those songs. I had already been through phases of autobiographical or experimental stuff.

'Nil By Mouth' was a bit autobiographical, but as I always pointed out at the time, that's not my dad.

It's a real wrenching thing to go from being a private person to being a public person, especially when you're being autobiographical. But it's what everyone wants - to get everyone's attention, to have your music make a living for you, to be validated in that way.

People ask, 'Are your things autobiographical?,' and I think, no, they're not autobiographical directly, but of course my life has informed my work.

The songs are not necessarily autobiographical. A lot of songs are a combination of influences. It might be some part of my life, or something I've felt, or something somebody's told me. It all comes together.

My work looks like a comic book in form, but it's not a typical comic book in content. I write autobiographical stuff.