People once said they were "in" psychoanalysis, meaning they were committed to a long immersion. In a sense, they were writing their autobiographies.
R. Z. Sheppard
All autobiography is self-indulgent.
Daphne du Maurier
Next to the writer of real estate advertisements, the autobiographer is the most suspect of prose artists.
Donal Henahan
I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead.
Samuel Goldwyn
The course of life in unpredictable. No one can write his autobiography in advance.
Abraham J. Heschel
A poet's autobiography is his poetry. Anything else is just a footnote.
Yevgeny Yevtushenko
An autobiography is the story of how a man thinks he lived.
Herbert Samuel
No, no, I will write no autobiography. I do not believe that someone can write a perfectly honest autobiography.
Christa Wolf
Every artist writes his own autobiography.
Havelock Ellis
All art is autobiographical; the pearl is the oyster's autobiography.
Federico Fellini
I have a children's book already out and my autobiography.
Della Reese
Autobiography of My Dead Brother.
Walter Dean
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