Tom Jones Quotes

The further you go, what, I'm gonna wait til I'm 80? Naw, I'm tellin' my story now. I was just moved. I was moved to tell my story. You know? People write books all the time.

I used to think, 'How can I write my life story? I'm still living it.'

You know, I'm trying to sometimes sit down and write some stories about my childhood and maybe one when I'm an old lady put them out like a book.

In many ways, I've been writing personal stories all my life.

I think all my life's story is condensed in my face. It is neither innocent nor coy. It speaks volumes.

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

I was attempting to write the story of my life. It wasn't so much about plot. It was much more about character.

My name is Daniel, and this is the first volume of my life story, which, hopefully, will be a very long and distinguished one. Who should you read it? Very good question. Maybe because this is your planet, and you have a right to know what's actually happening on it.

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

Each person's life is a story that is telling itself in the living.

My father always told me I should be a writer, and I found I loved writing my autobiography; writing is such an interesting process.

I write a lot about my experiences and the people I meet. I've got a lot of material. But a book about me? It seems sort of odd.

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

The book is called 'Thanks for Nothing' and it's really the story of how I got into comedy and traces back every strand in my life that is relevant to that story. It's kind of an autobiography but isn't, as it stops about 25 years ago. It goes right up to the first time I do stand up.

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.

I write about personal experiences. I write about things that have happened to me and the people around me, so you just sort of keep this antenna up and on the lookout for things to say.

I told my whole life story in my book.

I want to write about my experiences since 'Speedbumps.'

I would like to continue to tell stories of what I did in a biographical way, so I will continue to write.

You've got to live life to write a book about it.

I enjoy looking back on my life. I'm thinking seriously about starting to write about it.

If you're going to write about your life, you must write about your life.

Anyone can write your own life story.

I would be the worst person on earth to be called to write an account of someone else's life.

I may have crossed three-fourths of my life and I felt it would be worth jotting down my life in movies spanning decades.