Writing is the witness to myself about myself. Whatever…

And I remember that the editors wanted to have a witness to say that this was really the case, because it was a very…

— Lennart Nilsson

I am an expert witness because I say I am.

— Don Henley

“They say: Speak for us (to whom?) Some say: Avenge us (on whom?) Some say: Take our place. Some say: Witness Others say (and…

— Margaret Atwood

I think some of the best sex writing is going to come from the unexpected sources, not the same old same old. Like I'd…

— Rachel Kramer Bussel

“I am not and autobiographical writer--one can't be without a solid and explicable self--and read all autobiographical writers with the same curiosity. What kind…

— Yiyun Li

“As well as writing, 2004 saw my first attempt at wine making: the elixir of life. Unfortunately, my effort tasted more like the elixir…

— Craig Briggs

“One thing I always admired about Daddy was the way he could bounce back from adversity. From the very beginning of his life, he’d…

— L.K. Campbell

By calling it a memoir, I meant is as a collection of memories. I thought it was (a more) artful (title) than documentary.

— Natalie Merchant

A memoir takes some particular threads, some incidents, some experience from a person's life and gives an account of it.

— Richard Hell

“I used to teach at an abused children's home. I told the kids, "You all have a manure pile of memories. Nothing you can…

— Rebecca O'Donnell

“FROM a six-year-old: Told by a well-meaning friend, ‘Alex, do you know what the one thing is that the more you give, the more…

— Susan Hamilton

Memoirs are going to be problematic sells for a while, though, because even if memoir means "based in memory," right now, in the collective…

— Debra Monroe

“When I first met Billy I thought about sucking his eyes right out of their sockets. They’re like turquoise gum drops.”

— Jo Treggiari

“A bookshop is a peaceful sanctuary of silent voices waiting to heard”

— Mala Naidoo

The memoir by women, read by female readers, is considered a market form, not "great literature."

— Kate Zambreno