PUBLISHERS, inviting me to write my autobiography, have found me depressingly unresponsive, lacking in the confidence essential for such an enterprise, modest to the point of lethargy. “Who,” I ...

For many years my spiritual director in Toronto, Father Cris, a priest of Opus Dei and a genuinely wonderful man, pushed me to write my spiritual autobiography. And for as many years I made excuses ...

MR. EDMUND GOSSE, commenting on the lack of literary curiosity in the early years of the seventeenth century, ascribes it to a growing desire for real knowledge, to an increasing seriousness of mind.

Writing an autobiography can lead to profound self-discovery and challenge long-held assumptions. The act of writing promotes reflection, revealing the real impact of experiences and decisions beyond ...