10 QUOTES WITH «AUTOBIOGRAPHY»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word
autobiography.
When my mother left her second husband, she wrote her autobiography and presented it to him for his approval.
Because I write fiction, I don't write autobiography, and to me they are very different things. The first-person narrative is a very intimate thing, but you are not addressing other people as 'I' - you are inhabiting that 'I.'
One of the most attractive things about writing your autobiography is that you're not dead.
An autobiography is not about pictures; it's about the stories; it's about honesty and as much truth as you can tell without coming too close to other people's privacy.
Autobiography begins with a sense of being alone. It is an orphan form.
So an autobiography about death should include, in my case, an account of European Jewry and of Russian and Jewish events - pogroms and flights and murders and the revolution that drove my mother to come here.
I usually balance out autobiography with goofy, amusing stuff to help keep the humour in my more serious work.
Yes, I have two books that are about me: one of them I wrote, and the other one was written about me. One of my books, which is called 'Spying on Miss Muller,' is really about me even though it's a novel. My autobiography is called 'Once Upon a Time.'
Autobiography is probably the most respectable form of lying.
A great danger, or at least a great temptation, for many writers is to become too autobiographical in their approach to their fiction. A little autobiography and a lot of imagination are best.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AUTOBIOGRAPHY»
Discover the use of
autobiography in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
autobiography and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
This one-volume, compact paperback edition contains an introduction by the politician and scholar, Michael Foot, which explores the status of this classic nearly 30 years after the publication of the final volume.
Miles discusses his life and music from playing trumpet in high school to the new instruments and sounds from the Caribbean.
The candid memoirs of the celebrated photographer of White Women and Sumo recount his birth to a wealthy Jewish family in Berlin, early fascination with photography, escape to China in the wake of Kristallnacht, service with the Australian ...
This Elibron Classics title is a reprint of the original edition published by Longmans, Green, and Co., 1904, London, New York, Bombay
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Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 1: The Complete and ...
The strict instruction that many of these texts remain unpublished for 100 years meant that when they came out, he would be "dead, and unaware, and indifferent," and that he was therefore free to speak his "whole frank mind.
Mark Twain, Ms. Harriet E. Smith, Benjamin Griffin, 2010
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Autobiography: Narrative of Transformation
In Autobiography: Narrative of Transformation, Carolyn Barros creates a primer for the study of autobiography, a genre many consider highly problematic.
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Something Like An
Autobiography
" --Variety "For the lover of Kurosawa's movies...this is nothing short of must reading...a fitting companion piece to his many dynamic and absorbing screen entertainments." --Washington Post Book World From the Trade Paperback edition.
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The
Autobiography of Yukichi Fukuzawa
Dictated by Fukuzawa in 1897, this book vividly relates his story and prepared him to write "Seiyo Jijo" (Things Western), the book which made him famous.
Yukichi Fukuzawa, Eiichi Kiyooka, 1966
John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) was a British philosopher, political economist, civil servant, and Member of Parliament.
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Autobiography of a Face
It took Lucy Grealy twenty years of living with a distorted self-image and more than thirty reconstructive procedures before she could come to terms with her appearance after childhood cancer and surgery that left her jaw disfigured.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AUTOBIOGRAPHY»
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autobiography is used in the context of the following news items.
Alvin Brooks to release an autobiography
Brooks is 83 now, shows no signs of slowing down, and when his autobiography is completed, hopefully by the end of the year, he wants to ... «KMBZ, Jul 15»
Alex McKinnon reveals all in his autobiography Unbroken
He opens up about his plight in his autobiography Unbroken. In this chapter from his book, Alex talks about his love for Teigan and their life ... «Herald Sun, Jul 15»
Why Rachel Hunter hasn't read Rod Stewart's autobiography
Rachel Hunter has admitted she hasn't read her ex-husband Rod Stewart's autobiography because it would hurt too much to do so. Hunter was ... «New Zealand Herald, Jul 15»
Grace Jones to publish autobiography 'I'll Never Write My Memoirs …
Listen up Grace Jones fans – the 'Slave To The Rhythm' is publishing her autobiography next month. The singer, actress and model will ... «Digital Spy UK, Jul 15»
Billy-Bob Teeth entrepreneur writes autobiography
The White Family in 2004 from left to right Summer, now 10, Sydney, now 13, Billy-Bob Products' Jonah White, and his wife, Renee, holding ... «Alton Telegraph, Jul 15»
Range Rover Sport 4.4L Autobiography Dynamic SDV8
Standard equipment befits the Sport's luxury status and on my Autobiography trim car included 21-inch alloys, xenon headlights, automatic ... «Eurekar, Jul 15»
Anu Aggarwal's autobiography to be out in August
An excited Anu didn't just call her autobiography as a 'blockbuster', but also wrote a few weeks back, “Wilder than a Bollywood blockbuster my ... «Daily News & Analysis, Jul 15»
The Groucho Club to Publish Autobiography
To mark the thirtieth anniversary of its founding, the Groucho Club are publishing their first autobiography. Told by its members, its staff and its ... «Haute Living, Jul 15»
The Real Deal: The Autobiography of Britain's Most Controversial …
The Real Deal: The Autobiography of Britain's Most Controversial Media Mogul by Richard Desmond – review. Is he the most repellent of ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
Sir Bruce Forsyth's autobiography of photos
''It's an autobiography, but in photographs - every photo has a story.'' Bruce - who stepped down as host of 'Strictly Come Dancing' last year - is ... «TV3.ie, Jun 15»
