John Burnside Quotes

I'm not sure I ever would write a memoir.

A fictionalised memoir of my father would be a failure as a novel.

I will surely pen my autobiography.

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.'

I spent most of this afternoon writing a new introduction for my autobiography.

There may be a point where I may decide to write an autobiography.

I do a lot of writing about my family.

My family had a lot to do with 'My Infamous Life.' They were the inspiration behind me starting to write. I had an interesting family life dating way back, and they did a lot in their lifetime.

Someday, I'll write a book about what I've been through.

I like autobiographies. I wouldn't mind making one of those.

I live my memoirs, I don’t have to write them down.

…my life has been a remarkable one. Maybe one day someone will write a book about me . . .” "I’ve never much cared for horror stories.

I knew that I had to write my memoirs.

Years of my life were lived knowing that I'd get a book out of them one day.

A memoir is an invitation into another person's privacy.

I think I want to write a biography, something with broad appeal, but I haven't figured out about whom.

A memoir takes some particular threads, some incidents, some experience from a person's life and gives an account of it.

I have some great stories and I will get around to writing a book.

An autobiography is a life story. It starts when you're born and continues until the end.

One of the most attractive things about writing your autobiography is that you're not dead.

I've always liked the idea of memoirs, going into someone else's life, going through someone else's day and getting out of your own head.

I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead.

I've been asked to write an autobiography, and I've started it a couple of times, on different angles, and maybe one day I will, but you know what? There's time for that because I'd like to have the whole story.

When it was suggested that I write a memoir I said, 'I'm not old enough. I'm not distinguished enough.' But I went home and sat down to write, and the material for the book just came flooding into my hands.

Somebody talked me into writing an autobiography about six or seven years ago. And I said I'd try. We talked into a tape recorder, and after a couple of months, I said, To hell with it. I was so depressed. It was like saying, 'This is the end.' I was more interested in what the hell was coming the next day or the next week.