“Autobiography
- A by-product of fiction which combines the dramatic methods of the romance novel with those of the adolescent adventure story.
- A product of Heroic mythology usually written by a false hero.
- A celebration of the author’s moral weakness.
- Exhibitionism by someone too old to take his clothes off in public.
- An obscuring of the author’s actions behind his emotions and subjective state.
- A plea by the author to be accepted as he is; that is, an excuse for his actions; that is, an attack on ethics.”
Excerpted from: Saul, John Ralston. The Doubter’s Companion. New York: The Free Press, 1994.
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