The memoir by women, read by female readers, is considered a market form, not "great literature." — Kate Zambreno Copy Share Image
“A bookshop is a peaceful sanctuary of silent voices waiting to heard” — Mala Naidoo Copy Share Image
I think some of the best sex writing is going to come from the unexpected sources, not the same old same old.… — Rachel Kramer Bussel Copy Share Image
“When I first met Billy I thought about sucking his eyes right out of their sockets. They’re like turquoise gum drops.” — Jo Treggiari Copy Share Image
“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.… — Yiyun Li Copy Share Image
Memoirs are going to be problematic sells for a while, though, because even if memoir means "based in memory," right now, in… — Debra Monroe Copy Share Image
“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,… — Susan Hamilton Copy Share Image
“I used to teach at an abused children's home. I told the kids, "You all have a manure pile of memories. Nothing… — Rebecca O'Donnell Copy Share Image
A memoir takes some particular threads, some incidents, some experience from a person's life and gives an account of it. — Richard Hell Copy Share Image
By calling it a memoir, I meant is as a collection of memories. I thought it was (a more) artful (title) than… — Natalie Merchant Copy Share Image
“One thing I always admired about Daddy was the way he could bounce back from adversity. From the very beginning of his… — L.K. Campbell 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
Maybe I will write a memoir, perhaps I'll do some essays, or maybe I will write a mystery story. — David Herbert Donald Copy Share Image
The man is always the last to know when Cupid has struck him -Anonymous, Memoirs of a Mistress — Sabrina Jeffries Copy Share Image
“A couple hours went by, and the storm began to turn back to the sea. The dark clouds rolled away, leaving white,… — Joseph McGinnis Copy Share Image
I believe the personal is the collective. One of the ironies of writing memoir is in using the "I" it becomes an… — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
I don't really think of my essays as being about myself. I know it sounds insane, but I just don't think of… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
“It is the capacity to feel consuming grief and pain and despair that also allows me to embrace love and joy and… — Anna White Copy Share Image
“What can we make of the inexpressible joy of children? It is a kind of gratitude, I think—the gratitude of the ten-year-old… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
I elbowed my way into the grubby café, bought a pie that tasted of shoe polish and a pot of tea with… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
When people ask what kind of nonfiction I write, I say 'all kinds,' but really I mean I don’t write any kind… — Leslie Jamison Copy Share Image
I don't think anybody would be interested in my memoir - and my memory isn't very good either! — Peter Serafinowicz Copy Share Image
“I want my heart to be the thin place. I don't want to board a plane to feel the kiss of heaven.… — Anna White Copy Share Image
