I could never write my memoirs, just because too many people are still alive and would be hurt. — Bruce Willis Copy Share Image
He who believes that the past cannot be changed has not yet written his memoirs. — Torvald Gahlin Copy Share Image
“Not for nothing, but if you do that again, I'm gonna have to punch ya fuckin' heart out!” — Cyndi Lauper Copy Share Image
“If I am to write my memoirs someday I would like to have good material to work with.” — James Cambias Copy Share Image
I haven't written my memoirs or let the television movie be made about my life. — Sally Ride Copy Share Image
Anyone who believes you can't change history has never tried to write his memoirs. — David Ben-Gurion Copy Share Image
My memoirs are full of humor, I had to change jokes because it was a little too dark. — Marina Abramovic Copy Share Image
One of the things I learned about writing a memoir is you can’t drag the reader through everything. Every human life is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Yet one new trend I do like coming from mainstream publishers right now is memoirs tied to research that explores the narrator's… — Debra Monroe Copy Share Image
“I want to be able to fulfill someone’s heart’s desires and make them happy. Learn new things about life and have memorable… — Charles Dyson Copy Share Image
I don't know if memoirs can produce literary work of the first order. But I do know that novels are doing it… — Vivian Gornick Copy Share Image
I think most memoirs, though they purport to be about this particular time or this person you met, are really about the… — Rosemary Mahoney Copy Share Image
I was too busy doing my job and living my life to spend time keeping notes for some future volume of memoirs. — Pierre Trudeau Copy Share Image
I'm very detail oriented. I think that's why people enjoy my memoirs - because I tend to remember everything. — Jen Lancaster Copy Share Image
I'm embarrassed to say this, but I shy away from memoirs. My feeling is always that I'm saving them for later, so… — Jennifer Egan Copy Share Image
I love all insider memoirs. It doesn't matter whether it's truck-drivers or doctors. I think everybody likes to go backstage, find out… — David Mamet Copy Share Image
“I could simply kill you now, get it over with, who would know the difference? I could easily kick you in, stove… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“So, Mr. Nick,' murmured the valet, applying shaving soap to his employer's face with an ivory-handled brush, 'are you writing a book?'… — Albert E. Cowdrey Copy Share Image
Two temptations that impair the value of their work inevitably beset public men who write memoirs. One is a tendency to reconstruct… — Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon Copy Share Image
I read contrived memoirs by presidential candidates. For every 'Dreams From My Father' - Barack Obama's honest, literary portrayal of his biracial… — Amy Chozick Copy Share Image
North Carolina Senator Jesse Helms has signed a deal with Random House to write his memoirs. Scholars will no doubt benefit from… — Paul Begala Copy Share Image
“All of this made me feel better about myself, and I was grateful to the books for teaching me-without my even having… — Brock Clarke Copy Share Image
“blue-gold sky, fresh cloud, emerald-black mountain, trees on rocky ledges, on the summit, the tiny pin of a telephone tower-all brilliantly clear,… — Barbara Blatner Copy Share Image
“In Julia’s view, the Dent slaves were all “very happy. At least they were in mamma’s time, though the young ones became… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
“From the cover blurb on the University of Wisconsin Press edition, writer unknown: Discussing memoirs, diaries, collaborative narratives, photo documentaries, essays, and… — G. Thomas Couser Copy Share Image
“As long as I'm between home and the clinic I do all right. But out in the real world, I feel like… — Julie Gregory Copy Share Image
“In terms of size, mammals are an anomaly, as the vast majority of the world's existing species are snail-sized or smaller. It's… — Elisabeth Tova Bailey Copy Share Image
“Language is our identity tool and by using experience, observation, and imagination, we each discover the words that give voice to our… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Granny Trill and Granny Wallon were traditional ancients of a kind we won’t see today, the last of that dignity of grandmothers… — Laurie Lee Copy Share Image
“I asked Bill what career path he thought I should take, and he replied, “Live the artist’s life.” For years I pondered… — Mallory M. O'Connor Copy Share Image
Lately I've been thinking about the idea that all novels are, at least in some way, about the process of writing a… — Lucas Mann Copy Share Image
