A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction.

I read everything: fiction history science mathematics biography travel.

Travel books are by and large boring. They lodge uncomfortably between fact fiction and autobiography.

As a child I read science fiction but from the very beginnings of my reading for pleasure I read a lot of non-fictional history particularly historical biography.

After reading Eminem's autobiography which I did because I'm so interested in him as an artist I respect him a lot. Even though he seems angry and mad he's had to fight so many demons in his life.

Even if you only want to write science fiction you should also read mysteries poetry mainstream literature history biography philosophy and science.

You pick up loads of baggage with your first record with reaction to it from fans and critics. So I went to Ireland by myself for a couple of weeks with my guitar. I read lots of poetry I read Patti Smith's autobiography and started words and phrases and then songs started to take shape.

A poet's autobiography is his poetry. Anything else is just a footnote.

In these days a man is nobody unless his biography is kept so far posted up that it may be ready for the national breakfast-table on the morning after his demise.

I suppose I'm proudest of my novels for what's imagined in them. I think the world of my imagination is a richer and more interesting place than my personal biography.