Surely the whole point of writing your own life story is to be as honest as you possibly can, revealing everything about yourself that is most private and probably most interesting for that very reason. Votes: 3
It's like you're a character in this book that everyone around you is writing, and suddenly you have to say, 'I'm sorry, but this role isn't right for me'. And you have to start writing your own life and doing your own thing. Votes: 3
Writing the story of your own life is a bit like drilling your own teeth. Votes: 1
Writing and directing your own film, for me, has been the best experience of my life. Votes: 1
Writing music on your own makes you think a lot about your life. Who are you? Would you change anything about yourself? This is where it comes from. Votes: 1
When you start writing about the stuff that is the central experience of your own life, you can talk about whatever you want, in whatever way you want. Votes: 1
If you write a story based on a real person, you're trapped by the details of the real person and his life. It gets in the way of writing your own story. Votes: 1
That's what I love about songwriting - that you can write something about your own experiences and think it's completely specific to you, and then people can take away a completely different meaning for themselves. I really love that. I think you've been successful at writing a song when it has a larger life than yourself. Votes: 1
You either learn your way towards writing your own script in life, or you unwittingly become an actor in someone else's script. Votes: 0
Writing is a solitary business. It takes over your life. In some sense, a writer has no life of his own. Even when he's there, he's not really there. Votes: 0
It's better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life. Votes: 9 Elizabeth Kenny
You make your Own luck. Votes: 3 Neale Donald Walsch
The true alchemists do not change lead into gold; they change the world into words. Votes: 6 William H. Gass
Your mind is nirvana. Votes: 4 Bodhidharma