First of all, all writing includes some part of the self. The relationship of the self and the other exists in writing, whether autobiographical or novel. There is a self and an other.
I am not an autobiographical writer. I'll take little elements here and there from things that I've actually experienced-counting eyelashes on a sleeping beauty, for example.
You can look at my autobiographical pieces as source books. . . But, you see, my fiction doesn't revolve around autobiographical questions.
Each one of my films is personal; each one of my films is emotionally autobiographical. And I like directors who do that.
It'd be tricky to read into my lyrics - some are autobiographical, but sometimes I just like the sound of words.
My work is purely autobiographical. . . It is about myself and my surroundings.
I love songs that are very autobiographical.
The first book I ever wrote was in fourth grade and it was called 'Billy's Booger. ' It was an autobiographical piece about a kid who was really bad at math.
Anyone who writes an autobiographical work at the age of 34 is, at best, presumptuous. It occurred to me that it was time to set the record straight.
I wouldn't say 'Frances Ha' is autobiographical, but it's definitely very personal.
The First Man is completely autobiographical. The mother [Albert Camus] describes is the woman I knew, and she was exactly as he describes her. And this teacher really existed.
All art is autobiographical. You can only create what you are.
In a regular class I don't focus on the form, but I think that focus is helpful for brainstorming and coming up with ideas quickly, especially with autobiographical material.
But in the act of attempting to imitate I discovered that I had a voice of my own. Whether I liked it or not was another matter. I found that I was my best or that I pleased myself most or came closest to my goals when I was tapped into something autobiographical.
Every word is autobiographical, and every word is fiction.
Sometimes I've drawn on autobiographical material, maybe situations that I've felt trapped by, and turned them into something else, but in a very superficial way. When you find yourself thinking and worrying about certain things they become ridiculous.
Recording is more autobiographical than acting. It's me - either how I'm feeling then or once felt at some point in my life. It's all me.
It's a real wrenching thing to go from being a private person to being a public person, especially when you're being autobiographical.
Theology, like fiction, is largely autobiographical.
Just because I write in the first person doesn't mean that all my songs are autobiographical.