There's a difference between doing memoir and writing a novel. If I had put the story of the boy killing my dog… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
Memoir is about handing over you life to someone and saying, This is what I went through, this is who I am,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“It's the same with the wound in our hearts. We need to give them our attention so that they can heal. Otherwise… — James R. Doty Copy Share Image
“Ignore the misery. Custom invites you to ignore the misery." SHOW YOUR TONGUE” — Gunter Grass Copy Share Image
I don't know where the idea originated that memoir writing is cathartic. For me, it's always felt like playing my own neurosurgeon,… — Koren Zailckas Copy Share Image
“I usually enjoy setting up a new kitchen, but this has become a joyless and highly charged task. My mother and I… — Katie Hafner Copy Share Image
“Personal essay writing that incites the mind and instigates personal growth involves examination and re-examination, a process of noticing and reflecting upon… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“As the silence returned, I sat back and felt the tension ease away; I hadn’t even known I was tense. A few… — Gerry Abbey Copy Share Image
“How to preside over your own internal disorder? Finding the "I" that can represent the pack of you is the first challenge… — Tracy Kidder Copy Share Image
“All family stories are important, just as all people are important, and they deserve to be passed along.” — Karen Chamberlain Copy Share Image
“Science, I had come to learn, is as political, competitive, and fierce a career as you can find, full of the temptation… — Paul Kalanithi Copy Share Image
I dislike modern memoirs. They are generally written by people who have either entirely lost their memories, or have never done anything… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“Love was a verb with a certain amount of energy attached to it - a daily quota - and you had to… — Alice Pung Copy Share Image
“My fear of being real, of being seen, paralyzes me into silence. I crave the touch and the connection, but I’m not… — Anna White Copy Share Image
“My mother was everything to me…and then I got married…and my husband became everything to me. It struck me then… Regret was… — Cécile Rischmann Copy Share Image
“After consciously enduring a twelve-inch knitting needle navigated into the unseen recesses of my pelvis and almost passing out at the sensation… — Daniel Stern Copy Share Image
I could never write my memoirs, just because too many people are still alive and would be hurt. — Bruce Willis Copy Share Image
“A writer must develop a representative voice. A writing voice is reflective of the sum total of his or her cognitive, physical,… — Kilroy J. Oldster 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
“Recounting the narrative of our personal story in a methodical and chronological manner helps us see our life in a historical perspective.… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
I have no sense of a model or predecessor when I write a memoir: For me, the form exists as a method… — Rachel Cusk Copy Share Image
Floyd Skloot’s Revertigo is a beautifully-written, moving account of one man’s off kilter life. Who would have imaged a memoir exploring months… — Dinty W. Moore Copy Share Image
“I would not say I am looking for God. Or, I am not looking for God precisely. I am not seeking the… — Mary Rose O'Reilley Copy Share Image
Oh, my God. What if you wake up some day, and you're 65 or 75, and you never got your novel or… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
