Kate Atkinson

My father was an autodidact. It wasn't a middle-class house. Shopkeepers are aspirant. He paid for me to go to private school. He was denied an education - he had a horrible childhood. He got a place at a grammar school and wasn't allowed to go.

English Author

Joe Taslim

I don't take acting classes - I'm quite an autodidact. I prefer to learn from other actors by watching various movies. Evaluate my acting, spot the flaws and fix them.

Indonesian Actor

Alan Moore

I've never studied anything formally. I was excluded from school at the age of 17, so I am an autodidact, which is a word that I have taught myself.

British Writer

Thomas Chatterton Williams

A fatherless boy raised in Jim Crow Texas, my dad was a tenacious autodidact, the first in his family to get a college degree.

American Critic

Anthony Doerr

I studied history and English in college, got a master's in writing, but I was always sort of an autodidact in science.

American Writer

Viv Albertine

If you are an autodidact, you probably do write more in the rhythm of speech rather than having learnt prose.

British Musician

Doris Lessing

English Writer

An autodidact must be highly motivated to learn on their own without guidance.

Self-Motivation

Autodidacts utilize various resources like books, internet, and practical experiments to learn.

Resourcefulness

Using 'autodidact' highlights the independent aspect of someone's learning process.