Autobiography

Every artist writes his own autobiography.

Every artist writes his own autobiography.

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

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.

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

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

Autobiography is probably the most respectable form of lying.

Autobiography is probably the most respectable form of lying.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

All autobiography is self-indulgent.

All autobiography is self-indulgent.