It's easy to write one's memoirs when one has a terrible memory. — Arthur Schnitzler Copy Share Image
“None of my friends had grandparents like these. ... Tony and Desolina were exotic.” — James Vescovi Copy Share Image
I could make the title of my memoirs: 'It's got cinematic disaster written all over it.' — Peter Capaldi Copy Share Image
Decision has greater virtue and force if taken after there has been eloquent dissent. — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
“...no matter how frequently we came, when we arrived, they acted as if we had been away one hundred years. [His grandparents'… — James Vescovi Copy Share Image
The memoirs of the Grand Duchess Olga are an entertaining record for anyone interested in the imperial family's home life during the… — Simon Sebag Montefiore Copy Share Image
Whatever shall we do in that remote spot? Well, we will write our memoirs. Work is the scythe of time. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
It was a compromise. There was a sense that I could write my own memoirs, and Larry [Grobel] would help me down… — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
In the writing of memoirs, as in the production of shows, too much caution causes the audience to nod and think of… — Gerald Clarke Copy Share Image
Although I still think of myself as an actress, most of my time is spent writing novels or memoirs about my adventures… — Carol Drinkwater Copy Share Image
“Unique people are always worth some effort. I’m very blessed to know a handful; time spent with them is a joy for… — Charles Dyson Copy Share Image
During the '80s I wrote Memoirs from the Women's Prison. This is one of my most important books. It came out in… — Nawal El Saadawi Copy Share Image
“How paltry are the traces left behind by a life, even one concentrated around those supposed things of permanence called words. We… — john darnton Copy Share Image
“Often we feel the need to say that a book isn’t just about a particular time or place but is about the… — Will Schwalbe Copy Share Image
Men's memoirs are about answers; women's memoirs are about questions. Most male authors want to look good in their memoirs and have… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
You might think that religion was the one area in which professional jealousy would take a back seat. But no: ecclesiastical memoirs… — Craig Brown Copy Share Image
I love memoirs, particularly obscure ones because the writer is usually a regular guy just telling what happened to him and to… — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
a lot of trouble has been caused by memoirs. Indiscreet revelations, that sort of thing. People who have been close as an… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“And if somehow Marc was serious, I knew that by the time our engagement was announced, I’d be an expert at celebrating.… — Hilary Grossman Copy Share Image
“At forty my faculties may have closed up like flowers at evening, leaving me unable to write my memoirs with a fitting… — James Thurber Copy Share Image
“All forms of writing are an act of conception; writing must lead to creation. Each time that we write, we begin again.… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Writing is one method for revising a person’s outlook on life and observing the world and one’s place therein from an altered… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“A shaman and a writer each serve as their communities’ seers by engaging in extraordinary acts of conscientious study of the past… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“The story of what it means to be human is never complete. Every generation will produce its own share of comedies and… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“I find that the writing of a memoir has two functions. One is to pass on, as much as you’re willing to… — Neil Simon Copy Share Image
“Suppose..." And for the first time he linked his hand with hers. "He runs and wins and lives to a ripe old… — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
“U Parizu su postojale dve vrste snobizma, naročito među izvesnim piscima. Jedan se sastojao u tome da ljudi izigravaju katolike, što su… — Giorgio de Chirico Copy Share Image
“I knew even then that she was right. An en is a karmic bond lasting a lifetime. Nowadays many people seem to… — Arthur Golden Copy Share Image
Stalin didn't write any memoirs. He was too secretive. He was afraid people might read them. — Jonathan Lynn Copy Share Image
People can lie in letters, but they tend not to. They certainly lie in memoirs. — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
Death, death. Now I won't be able to write my beautiful memoirs. — Joachim von Ribbentrop Copy Share Image
I've given my memoirs far more thought than any of my marriages. You can't divorce a book. — Gloria Swanson Copy Share Image
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