I don't like the word 'autobiography.' I rather like the term 'autofic…

Marjane Satrapi
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I don't like the word 'autobiography.' I rather like the term 'autofiction.' The second you make a script out of the story of your life, it becomes fictional. Of course, the truth is never far. But the story is created out of it. ✨ Interview with Vivienne Walt, www.motherjones.com. January, 2008.
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