Johnny Van Zant Quotes

I knew that I had to write my memoirs.

I would never write a memoir, because it would be too boring.

All my songs are things that have happened to me.

Most people write a lot of autobiography, but when I came to write autobiography I discovered that nothing interesting had ever happened to me. So I had to take the situation and invent stories to go with it.

I have a children's book already out and my autobiography.

An autobiography is a book a person writes about his own life and it is usually full of all sorts of boring details.

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

I started trying to write when I was in second or third grade.

The stories I write are often literal to events that have happened or observations that I've made, and sometimes they're fantastical.

I never really considered writing something that was nonfiction.

I wrote the first draft of 'Plan B' the summer after I turned 21.

I write about personal experiences.

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

I will surely pen my autobiography.

All the stories I write come from someone I've met or some anecdote I've heard.

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.'

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

There are definitely some stories worth telling and I think there's something to be said for telling your story.

I write from real life. I am an unrepentant eavesdropper and a collector of stories. I record bits of overheard dialogue.

I write about true-life type things.

Maybe I will write a memoir, perhaps I'll do some essays, or maybe I will write a mystery story.

As writers, it is our job not only to imagine, but to witness.

I thought I was going to write fiction but I fell backwards into non-fiction. It started when I got locked out of two apartments in one day and I told the story to some friends, one of whom worked in the 'Village Voice' and asked me to turn it into an essay.

I have some good stories yet to tell.

Though my stories aren't autobiographical, I do sometimes use things from my life.