When it comes to memoir, we want to catch the author in a lie. When we read fiction, we want to catch… — Tayari Jones Copy Share Image
If you've traveled independently through Tibet, Brandon Wilson's Yak Butter Blues will bring back memories...this lively memoir is sure to provide a… — Hannah Nordhaus Copy Share Image
“Writing is my passion. Words are the way to know ecstasy. Without them life is barren. The poet insists, language is a… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
“It has long been my motto that if you cannot get your act together... then the very least you can do is… — Becky Johnson Copy Share Image
“Damoder climbed slowly to his feet. 'Buy lot!' he wheedled, 'I am poor man. I sell you cheap. I am bank-Rupert! Apparently… — Frank Kusy Copy Share Image
“The clown was an evil one. They’re either good or bad, and this one was definitely the latter.” — Chris Thrall Copy Share Image
“We were not interested in making life better for some some people. We wanted everyone to thrive and accomplish their dreams in… — Richard J. Riordan Copy Share Image
Kaethe Schwehn's poignant memoir explores longing, both spiritual and physical, community and faith, in prose that is calm, lovely, and filled with… — Dinty W. Moore Copy Share Image
On resigning as collaborator on the memoirs of the former Wallis Warfield Simpson, new summaries, 6 October 1955. You can't make the… — Cleveland Amory Copy Share Image
When I was writing the memoir, every page was a battle with myself because I knew I had to tell the truth.… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
Jim Grimsley's unflinching self-examination of his own boyhood racial prejudices during the era of school desegregation is one of the most compelling… — Dinty W. Moore Copy Share Image
“Listen: I don't have anything against autobiographies, so long as the writer has a penis that's twelve inches long when erect. So… — Roberto Bolaño Copy Share Image
My memoir is being published by Beaufort Books and will be available fall of 2015. It's about my unusual life as a… — Lisa Jakub Copy Share Image
I feel that I'm an essayist and that my best work gets done in that form. I wanted to do a book… — Meghan Daum 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
But it's hard for me to pinpoint where all my characters and dialogue come from - imagination or real life. My memoir,… — Said Sayrafiezadeh Copy Share Image
I have read all of Daniel Aaron's books, and admired them, but in The Americanist I believe he has composed an intellectual… — Harold Bloom 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
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
A man who leaves memoirs, whether well or badly written, provided they be sincere, renders a service to future psychologists and writers,… — Henryk Sienkiewicz Copy Share Image
“A garden is never finished. In that sense it is like the human world and all human undertakings.” — Karel Čapek Copy Share Image
“The next day I received a phone call from Mr. Pride which began, “So, I heard you won Ho of the Year.”… — Kate Madison Copy Share Image
“Everything we have, everything we are, is a gift. How can we judge and shame ourselves if this is true?” — Anna White Copy Share Image
The last book I read to my mom was 'Barbara Bush: A Memoir' published by mom in 1994. It reflected on their… — Neil Bush Copy Share Image
