他创作的目标之一就是与马尔科姆的自传一较高低。虽然他发现马尔科姆有很多之多值得崇拜的地方，但是他很清楚，书本情节的戏剧性往往是建立在牺牲事实的基础上的。
One of his goals was to grapple with Malcolm’s autobiography, and although he finds much to admire about Malcolm, he makes it clear that the book’s drama sometimes comes at the expense of fact.
彼得·塞拉斯：事实并非如此。大部分的艺术家，例如莎士比亚，他死的时候并没有写下自传。
PETER SELLARS: no, I mean, most artists, is like Shakespeare, you know he died not writing an autobiography.
事实上，自传中那张照片下面的引文，听起来好像布莱尔知道大多数征募的士兵会战死沙场一样。
The fact is Blair, in the quotes published from his memoir underneath the picture, sounds like someone who knows the enormity of ordering soldiers to die in a war.
尽管如此，还是有些人会被公众很容易地分辨出来，因为他们曾经在和我相关的事情中频频曝光，事实上不管怎样，我都不会在我的自传中过多地涉及他们的私生活。
Even though there are some people who have formed part of my public life, and who are likely easily recognizable, I won't involve them in this history that is not theirs.
这本自传包含了数以千计零零散散的事实，并没有为了削减长度而牺牲任何的细节，其唯一的让步就是将稿件中的附注删除(事实上，这些附注足以填满5000张打印纸，并且它们都在这本书的官网上面)。
The book is composed, like a pointillist painting, of thousands of factual details. Nothing is sacrificed to curtail its length; the only concession is to remove the footnotes from the text.
在这部自传中，传记事实与历史事实随处可见，极其丰富具体。
Though an autobiography, there are a great number of biographical and historical facts in the book.
事实上，我曾经读过你的自传。
事实上，我曾经读过你的自传。
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