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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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"An autobiography usually reveals nothing bad about its writer except his memory."
"I'm also doing a special for Comedy Central called Autobiography. It's going to be a spoof of Biography."
"An autobiography is the story of how a man thinks he lived."
"I have a children's book already out and my autobiography."
"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!"
"I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead."
"Just as there is nothing between the admirable omelet and the intolerable, so with autobiography."
"There may be a point where I may decide to write an autobiography."
"Autobiography begins with a sense of being alone. It is an orphan form."
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"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."
"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."
"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."
"And this we should believe: that hope and volition can bring us closer to our ultimate goal: justice for all, injustice for no-one."
"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."
"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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