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by Havelock Ellis    ( comments )

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Every artist writes his own autobiography.

Every artist writes his own autobiography.

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by George Orwell    ( comments )

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An autobiography is only to be trusted when it reveals something disgraceful. A man who gives a good account of more

An autobiography is only to be trusted when it reveals something disgraceful. A man who gives a good account of himself is probably lying, since any life when viewed from the inside is simply a series of defeats.

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by Robert Penn Warren    ( comments )

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For what is a poem but a hazardous attempt at self-understanding: it is the deepest part of autobiography.

For what is a poem but a hazardous attempt at self-understanding: it is the deepest part of autobiography.

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by Henry Louis Mencken    ( comments )

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Who ever heard, indeed, of an autobiography that was not (interesting)? I can recall none in all the literature of more

Who ever heard, indeed, of an autobiography that was not (interesting)? I can recall none in all the literature of the world

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by Humphrey Carpenter    ( comments )

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Autobiography is probably the most respectable form of lying.

Autobiography is probably the most respectable form of lying.

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by Lord Altrincham    ( comments )

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Autobiography is now as common as adultery, and hardly less reprehensible.

Autobiography is now as common as adultery, and hardly less reprehensible.

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by Philip Guedalla    ( comments )

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Autobiography is an unrivaled vehicle for telling the truth about other people.

Autobiography is an unrivaled vehicle for telling the truth about other people.

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by Donal Henahan    ( comments )

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Next to the writer of real estate advertisements, the autobiographer is the most suspect of prose artists.

Next to the writer of real estate advertisements, the autobiographer is the most suspect of prose artists.

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by Samuel Goldwyn    ( comments )

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I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead.

I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead.

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by Daphne Du Maurier    ( comments )

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All autobiography is self-indulgent.

All autobiography is self-indulgent.

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