The only book by a modern president that bears serious comparison with Obama's 'Dreams From My Father' is Jimmy Carter's short campaign autobiography 'Why Not the Best? ' published in 1975.
Biography lends to death a new terror.
Every artist writes his own autobiography.
All art is autobiographical. The pearl is the oyster's autobiography.
Autobiography begins with a sense of being alone. It is an orphan form.
Film editing is now something almost everyone can do at a simple level and enjoy it but to take it to a higher level requires the same dedication and persistence that any art form does.