"A poet or prose narrator usually looks back on what he has achieved against a backdrop of the years that have passed, generally finding that some of these achievements are acceptable, while others are less so."

Autobiography, Prose, Years

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"A poet or prose narrator usually looks back on what he has achieved against a backdrop of the years that have passed, generally finding that some of these achievements are acceptable, while others are less so."

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"Autobiography is probably the most respectable form of lying."

Humphrey Carpenter, English Author

Autobiography, Lying

"An autobiography is the story of how a man thinks he lived."

Herbert Samuel, British Statesman

Autobiography, Man

"I'm also doing a special for Comedy Central called Autobiography. It's going to be a spoof of Biography."

Kathy Griffin, American Comedian

Autobiography, Comedy

"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."

Joan Collins, American Actress

Autobiography, First, Years

"Just as there is nothing between the admirable omelet and the intolerable, so with autobiography."

Hilaire Belloc, English Poet

Autobiography, Nothing

"I might go on discussing this subject at great length, but after all is said, done, and written, my own book of experiences will best show what these obstacles are, and how I managed to overcome them to some extent."

Major Taylor, American Athlete

Autobiography, Obstacles, Will

"I have a children's book already out and my autobiography."

Della Reese, American Musician

Autobiography, Children

"I spent most of this afternoon writing a new introduction for my autobiography."

June Foray, American Actress

Autobiography, Writing

"I've been working on my autobiography, just pecking away in longhand. The more you write, the more you remember. The more you remember, the more detail you recall. It's not all pleasant!"

Pat Morita, Japanese Actor

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"Every artist writes his own autobiography."

Henry Ellis, British Psychologist

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"From the throes of inspiration and the eddies of thought the poet may at last be able to arrive at, and convey the right admixture of words and meaning."

Inspirational

"Many men of science and poets have in their own manner, by various ways and means, and aided by others, sought unceasingly to create a more tolerable world for everyone."

Man

"In the world of the present, in our time, we feel that suffering, anguish, the torments of body and soul, are greater than ever before in the history of mankind."

History

"And this we should believe: that hope and volition can bring us closer to our ultimate goal: justice for all, injustice for no-one."

Hope

"A writer's work often reflects what he or she has been exposed to in life; experiences which are the groundwork of a poem or a story."

Life

"A poet or prose narrator usually looks back on what he has achieved against a backdrop of the years that have passed, generally finding that some of these achievements are acceptable, while others are less so."

Autobiography