# Sally Field to write autobiography **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 11, 2018, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sally-field-to-write-autobiography/821189 "2018-09-11T22:49:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bionic\_man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/49beb7/32.png) [@bionic\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bionic_man)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2018, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sally-field-to-write-autobiography/821189/1 "2018-09-11T22:49:02Z")
At this point in time what do you think made Sally Field to write a autobiography…??:eek: ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2018, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sally-field-to-write-autobiography/821189/2 "2018-09-11T22:56:04Z")
I dunno… She has the time? She needs the money? She’s just finally getting around to that item on her bucket list? If you have something to say, say it. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2018, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sally-field-to-write-autobiography/821189/3 "2018-09-11T23:06:19Z")
Sally, when you get the part when we spend all that time together\*, please do try to be discrete. \*…in my dreams. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2018, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sally-field-to-write-autobiography/821189/4 "2018-09-11T23:29:40Z")
> [@](#): > > …please do try to be discrete. I’m quite certain that she will, in fact, be separate from you. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2018, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sally-field-to-write-autobiography/821189/5 "2018-09-11T23:41:43Z")
Why not? She’s been on TV since 1962. Been in huge movies, won Oscars and Emmies and lots of other awards. She’s been a part of huge slice of American film, tv, stage entertainment. Even did some theater. I bet she has tales to tell. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2018, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sally-field-to-write-autobiography/821189/6 "2018-09-12T00:00:34Z")
> [@bionic\_man](#): > > At this point in time what do you think made Sally Field to write a autobiography…??:eek: It sounds like you have an idea. Care to share? Me, I’m looking forward to the stories in… **From Playing Gidget to Playing With a Midget: The Sally Fields Story** ---
**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2018, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sally-field-to-write-autobiography/821189/7 "2018-09-12T00:11:01Z")
Maybe she’s had the decency, unlike many, to wait until she figures her career is pretty much over before writing a book on it. ---
**Author:** ![Gray\_Ghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c0e974/32.png) [@Gray\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gray_Ghost)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2018, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sally-field-to-write-autobiography/821189/8 "2018-09-12T00:19:24Z")
She had a relationship with Burt Reynolds during and after Smokey and the Bandit. Perhaps she was waiting for him to die to let some of the juicy details out, that he would’ve been embarrassed by, and that was her last sticking point? ---
**Author:** ![jonesj2205](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecc23a/32.png) [@jonesj2205](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jonesj2205)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2018, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sally-field-to-write-autobiography/821189/9 "2018-09-12T00:24:19Z")
Or his dying has reminded her she won’t live forever. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Alpha\_Twit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpha_twit/32/265_2.png) [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2018, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sally-field-to-write-autobiography/821189/10 "2018-09-12T00:34:18Z")
> [@Gray\_Ghost](#): > > She had a relationship with Burt Reynolds during and after Smokey and the Bandit. Perhaps she was waiting for him to die to let some of the juicy details out, that he would’ve been embarrassed by, and that was her last sticking point? The death of Burt Reynolds may have been a factor in the timing of this announcement but I sincerely doubt his potential embarrassment was an issue. I doubt Burt was ever embarrassed by anything. Mind you I’m posting this while watching _Cannonball Run II_ (from a DVD which I just purchased) right now so I probably shouldn’t talk about embarrassing acts. I’m really hoping that she didn’t wait for his passing to release her autobiography just so that she could make juicy claims without fear of contradiction. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2018, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sally-field-to-write-autobiography/821189/11 "2018-09-12T03:04:30Z")
It seems to me, based on the few interviews I’ve seen or read from her, that she is a pretty cool person and no doubt has quite a story to tell. Hope it does well. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2018, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sally-field-to-write-autobiography/821189/12 "2018-09-12T03:49:32Z")
> [@Gray\_Ghost](#): > > She had a relationship with Burt Reynolds during and after Smokey and the Bandit. Perhaps she was waiting for him to die to let some of the juicy details out, that he would’ve been embarrassed by, and that was her last sticking point? The book is being published September 18. Burt Reynolds died September 6. It takes a bit longer than 12 days to publish a book. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2018, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sally-field-to-write-autobiography/821189/13 "2018-09-12T03:58:18Z")
You can read some excerpts here: > **[In Pieces: Field, Sally: 9781538763025: Amazon.com: Books](https://www.amazon.com/Pieces-Sally-Field/dp/1538763028)** > > In Pieces \[Field, Sally\] on Amazon.com. \*FREE\* shipping on qualifying offers. In Pieces ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2018, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sally-field-to-write-autobiography/821189/14 "2018-09-12T04:29:38Z")
I’m not a big enough Sally Field fan to want to read her autobiography, but as a general rule I think all famous people with fans interested in their story should get around to writing one at some point. And the later, the better, so the story is as complete as possible. But not too late, obviously. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2018, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sally-field-to-write-autobiography/821189/15 "2018-09-12T04:51:55Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > The book is being published September 18. Burt Reynolds died September 6. It takes a bit longer than 12 days to publish a book. Given that, I strongly suspect that the timing of the book release, and Reynolds’ death, is nothing more than a coincidence (though I suppose it’s possible that the release date might have been moved up a bit). And, the title of this thread is thus inaccurate. She’s already written the autobiography. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2018, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sally-field-to-write-autobiography/821189/16 "2018-09-13T01:39:35Z")
The excerpts details a childhood marred by sexual abuse. It’s not your typical frothy celebrity biography. > **[Sally Field Says Her Romance With Burt Reynolds Was "Really Complicated and...](https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/a23100864/sally-field-burt-reynolds-relationship-memoir/)** > > She was "glad" Burt never got the chance to read her memoir. > [@](#): > > She said she did not want Burt to read her memoir because of her raw passages about their time together. “This would hurt him,” she told the Times. “I felt glad that he wasn’t going to read it, he wasn’t going to be asked about it, and he wasn’t going to have to defend himself or lash out, which he probably would have. I did not want to hurt him any further.” ---
**Author:** ![Sloe\_Moe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Sloe\_Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sloe_Moe)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2018, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sally-field-to-write-autobiography/821189/17 "2018-09-13T02:22:01Z")
What’s the title, “I Used to Fly”?