All autobiography is self-indulgent.

Quote by Daphne Du Maurier

Topics: Autobiography Quotes

Women want love to be a novel, men a short story.

Women want love to be a novel, men a short story.

Happiness is not a possession to be prized, it is a quality of thought, a...

Happiness is not a possession to be prized, it is a quality of thought, a...

When one is writing a novel in the first person, one must be that person.

When one is writing a novel in the first person, one must be that person.

And I don't like books which are full of name dropping.

And I don't like books which are full of name dropping.

What about the hero of The House on the Strand? What did it mean when...

What about the hero of The House on the Strand? What did it mean when...

All autobiography is self-indulgent.

All autobiography is self-indulgent.

Writers should be read, but neither seen nor heard.

Writers should be read, but neither seen nor heard.

Why do writers write? Because it isn't there.

Why do writers write? Because it isn't there.

Imagination, which is the Eldorado of the poet and of the novel-writer, often proves the...

Imagination, which is the Eldorado of the poet and of the novel-writer, often proves the...

Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they...

Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they...

In America, only the successful writer is important, in France all writers are important, in...

In America, only the successful writer is important, in France all writers are important, in...

I've been aware of death since I was a little girl. My only regret willl...

I've been aware of death since I was a little girl. My only regret willl...

What one writer can make in the solitude of one room is something no power...

What one writer can make in the solitude of one room is something no power...

We're about to shoot an episode on Air Force One, for instance, and we're going...

We're about to shoot an episode on Air Force One, for instance, and we're going...

Writers, like teeth, are divided into incisors and grinders.

Writers, like teeth, are divided into incisors and grinders.

I write when I'm inspired, and I see to it that I'm inspired at nine...

I write when I'm inspired, and I see to it that I'm inspired at nine...

Every writer I know has trouble writing.

Every writer I know has trouble writing.

The writer's greed is appalling. He wants, or seems to want, everything and practically everybody,...

The writer's greed is appalling. He wants, or seems to want, everything and practically everybody,...

All men are lonely. But sometimes it seems to me that we Americans are the...

All men are lonely. But sometimes it seems to me that we Americans are the...

If you are a writer you locate yourself behind a wall of silence and no...

If you are a writer you locate yourself behind a wall of silence and no...