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I can't remove the autobiographical slant from the things I write. You always bring yourself into what you're writing. ↗

— Natalie Merchant

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They used to treat sheep carcasses with Lithium so if the Coyotes went after the herd and bit on the treated carcasses, the got so sick they kept their teeth to themselves. ↗

— Kay Jamison

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In each of my characters there is a little of me. Not strictly autobiographical but a little piece of my soul. ↗

— Dario Argento

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People ask, 'Are your things autobiographical?,' and I think, no, they're not autobiographical directly, but of course my life has informed my work. ↗

— Andrea Arnold

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Most victims of my autobiographical verse are either far too polite, remarkably understanding unaware that I have written poems about them. ↗

— John Barton

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I'm not really an autobiographical writer, though I use lots of stuff from my life to make my stories seem real. But when I actually write about myself, I get very confused. ↗

— Jeffrey Eugenides

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Novelists are always resisting autobiographical readings of their work, because they know how false those can be. ↗

— Jeffrey Eugenides

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True stories, autobiographical stories, like some novels, begin long ago, before the acts in the account, before the birth of some of the people in the tale. ↗

— Harold Brodkey

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I wouldn't write anything autobiographical. If you've lived a life like Laurence of Arabia, it might be a consideration, but otherwise it's a little bit vain, it seems to me. ↗

— James Lee Burke

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All art is autobiographical. The pearl is the oyster's autobiography. ↗

— Federico Fellini

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