Updated On: 15 March, 2021 07:44 AM IST | Los Angeles | Agencies
McConaughey opened up on the subject while speaking to Drew Barrymore on her chat show. He was a guest on The Drew Barrymore Show post the recent success of Greenlights.

Matthew McConaughey
Matthew McConaughey says he started keeping a journal at 14. The Academy Award-winning actor, who has penned an autobiography, Greenlights, says he does not write things so he can remember, he writes things down so that he can forget them. McConaughey opened up on the subject while speaking to Drew Barrymore on her chat show. He was a guest on The Drew Barrymore Show post the recent success of Greenlights.
Barrymore said, “I love the poetry of the way you speak and think and I have been having the most incredible time reading your book. I love that in the opening you mention that this is not an advice book, and that you aren’t preaching, but rather says that this is a play book based on adventures of my life which is such a nice way of getting insights into your life journey.” He called his autobiography “an approach book” and “not an advice book”, because nobody likes to be told what to do, especially McConaughey. He added, “But I did have a great time sharing certain things of my own life that have given me satisfaction, approaches that I have taken at that I have failed at. What has helped me are my journals of my successes and failures that I have kept with me for the past 36 years.” McConaughey also opened up about his love for journaling during his chat with Barrymore.