I just use my life story as a kind of device on which to hang comic observations. It's not my interest or instinct to tell the world anything pertinent about myself or my family.

I've been writing all these books that have been largely autobiographical and yet, really, they don't tell you anything about me. I just use my life story as a kind of device on which to hang comic observations. It's not my interest or instinct to tell the world anything pertinent about myself or my family.

The story of your life can be best told by you, prepare to tell it

Your Life Is My Story, But My Life Is Your History

Storytelling is the distinctly human implement designed to synthesize our purposeful interaction with reality.

A story about my life would be utterly dull.