Henry Miller wrote novels, but he calls his protagonist Henry, often Henry Miller, and his books are in this gray area between… — Leslie Fiedler Copy Share Image
“He clenched his small fist, bellowed his rage to the heavens, and resolved to never again recognize the authority of any man… — Patricia Lockwood Copy Share Image
“While some people are good at painting, playing an instrument or singing, I have been told more than once I am good… — Eric Arrouze Copy Share Image
Dylan's 'Chronicles' is easily the best rock n' roll memoir ever written, as far as I'm concerned. There aren't many stories in… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
“In France, Paul explained, good cooking was regarded as a combination of national sport and high art, and wine was always served… — Julia Child Copy Share Image
“She said, 'No, you learned that you have power - power and determination. I love you and I am proud of you.… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
When the publisher here in America wanted to put the word "memoir" on the title page [of 'Winter Journal'] and on the… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
“Today, of course, popular culture is on a culinary binge; and so much personal writing is now devoted to gazing back upon… — Laura Shapiro Copy Share Image
Like Sylvia Plath, Natalie Jeanne Champagne invites you so close to the pain and agony of her life of mental illness and… — Andy Behrman Copy Share Image
As a writer, I was deliberately creating an alternate world, and then populating it with experiences and people that I knew in… — Kevin Keck Copy Share Image
“I opened the curtain and entered the confessional, a dark wooden booth built into the side wall of the church. As I… — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
One of the things I write about a bit in my Madam Secretary memoir is on Rwanda, where I was an instructed… — Madeleine Albright Copy Share Image
There has never been a book like this. At once a poetics of place, a work of deep history, a bildungsroman, and… — Melissa Holbrook Pierson Copy Share Image
I remember when I was writing my memoir and I was worried about what other people would think when they read it,… — Katy Lederer Copy Share Image
“BARRY GIFFORD, Author of "Wild at Heart", on DANGEROUS ODDS by Marisa Lankester: "Marisa Lankester's unique chronicle of high crimes and low… — Barry Gifford Copy Share Image
“I had enough of a story churning in my head that combined all the elements of the day—the interview, the concert, the… — Kenny Weissberg Copy Share Image
“As I searched for food perfection, and as I gained weight, I began to realize that the race for perfection in anything… — Rachael Rose Steil Copy Share Image
I believe that the memoir is the novel of the 21st century; it’s an amazing form that we haven’t even begun to… — Susan Cheever Copy Share Image
The biggest takeaway from a memoir is that you have to play fair. Within the first draft, I was writing very angrily… — Michelle Zauner Copy Share Image
“Benar atau tidak, jujur atau tidak, memoir ialah sebuah prosa peribadi, karya bukan cereka yang mesti dibaca secara kritis untuk menentukan kebenarannya.” — Baharuddin Zainal Copy Share Image
Memoir isn't the summary of a life; it's a window into a life, very much like a photograph in its selective composition.… — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
I don't really read Stephen King - I just can't read scary things because it stays with me too long - but… — Phoebe Robinson Copy Share Image
I have no sense of a model or predecessor when I write a memoir: For me, the form exists as a method… — Rachel Cusk Copy Share Image
“ The trouble was that I failed to record so much , I wrote, but how could I have believed that if… — Sarah Manguso Copy Share Image
“As well as writing, 2004 saw my first attempt at wine making: the elixir of life. Unfortunately, my effort tasted more like… — Craig Briggs Copy Share Image
“You wrote in a poem, “I love your body,” as if love was for you embodied in the senses, and yet more… — David Plante Copy Share Image
“Even now, I am anxious about the naked thoughts that I have shared. The observations are blisteringly honest and of course they… — John Conrad Copy Share Image
The difference between memoir and autobiography, as far as I see it, is that a memoir is there primarily to tell one… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
Why was there so much work-sharing in the 1930s? One reason is that government pushed for it. In his memoirs, President Herbert… — Barry Eichengreen Copy Share Image
“There occurs the beautiful feeling that only humanity together is the true human being, and that the individual can be cheerful and… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
“If I were a lesbian and had a thing for narcissistic ex-sorority girls? I’d totally do me." Bitter is the New Black:… — Jen Lancaster Copy Share Image
“Playing out a denial of the past, she has overshadowed any positive memories, substituting them with her anger and perspective, leaving me… — Neal Winsomer Copy Share Image
It was fascinating what a total interest he [John F. Kennedy] had in his tradecraft of being a politician. I didn't realize… — Chris Matthews Copy Share Image
“All writers want to a place their mark upon human consciousness by creating a physical record of their distinctive thoughts and an… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
The early reviews of Dick Cheney's memoir have not evaluated the book, but instead have used its publication as an occasion for… — Elliott Abrams Copy Share Image
To read Helen Macdonald's memoir, H Is for Hawk, is to feel as though Emily Bronte just turned up at your door,… — Maureen Corrigan Copy Share Image
There is a physics to the world, which non-fiction has a contract to stand in awe of, otherwise it becomes completely self-centered… — Nick Flynn Copy Share Image
I love memoirs. They are probably my favorite literary form, along with biographies. The more confessional, the better. There is so, so,… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
The story of the memoir is a story of me creating certain narratives so that I could live with my own experience… — Melissa Febos Copy Share Image
“The Grim Reaper isn't grim at all; he's a life-saver. He isn't grim because he isn't anything. . . . he is… — Jack Kerouac Atop an Underwood Early Stories and Other Writings Copy Share Image
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