Bob Dylan wrote in his elliptical memoir, Chronicles: Volume One, he was washed up in the 1980s, no longer a commercial success,… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
“this is the story of my life so far. I get that it’s kind of odd for someone my age to be… — Joey Graceffa Copy Share Image
“During these three months I have gone through much; I mean, I have gone through much in myself; and now there are… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“It's in those quiet little towns, at the edge of the world, that you will find the salt of the earth people… — Aaron Lauritsen Copy Share Image
In my memoir, I admit that I've been as fearful of success as of failure. In fact, when 'Passages' was published, I… — Gail Sheehy Copy Share Image
“I encourage anyone who has gone through hardships to look back through their life’s chapters and see what can be turned into… — Jolina Petersheim Copy Share Image
Being a writer is a very difficult craft. Just like learning an instrument, it takes a long time and I couldn't really… — John Densmore Copy Share Image
“Where are you from? New York?" "Weird you picked up on that," she said, "I've been gone from there for so long."… — Cathie Beck Copy Share Image
My first memoir, 'Home,' was about my childhood, early training and formative years in the Theater, i am so pleased that my… — Julie Andrews Copy Share Image
At a book festival in Fort Lauderdale, I met David Eisenhower, Ike's grandson, who was promoting his book 'Going Home to Glory:… — Jane Leavy Copy Share Image
“And Goneville? It is a name that kept coming up as I was writing this book, and each time its meaning shifted… — Nick Bollinger Copy Share Image
“it's been a long time since i've thought about that night, that wonderful raucous night. I can still see the president s… — Clint Hill Copy Share Image
Usually, with a novel, you start with no idea what to do because your job is to create convincing characters and then… — Gary Shteyngart Copy Share Image
“Art is long. Life is short, but it deserves our attentive devotion. Embrace life. No person has a monopoly on wisdom. Despite… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Within forty minutes, the voice inside my head was screaming, WHAT HAVE I GOTTEN MYSELF INTO? I tried to ignore it, to… — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
I love to read long books. I enjoy experiencing that extension. But it's not something I feel comfortable with and not something… — Shane McCrae Copy Share Image
“I didn’t make choices based on what I liked or didn’t like. I simply accepted what they chose for me. My role… — Jonna Ivin Copy Share Image
“I have had the best day ever more times that I can remember. So yes, I believe I am ready to die… — Hendri Coetzee Copy Share Image
“I knew it was cold, but singing familiar Christmas songs and the fellowship warmed me through and through—until we stopped in front… — Larada Horner-Miller Copy Share Image
“I was taught growing up not to be unequally yoked with unbelievers, to withdraw myself from the sinful 'others'. But we are… — Anna White 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
Hillary Clinton's 506-page memoir has come out. So much of her personality shines through, that in the end, you, too, will want… — Craig Kilborn Copy Share Image
We like to look out on the world and see ourselves, so we have many, many novels, memoirs, and short stories in… — Elliott Colla Copy Share Image
“Your own setbacks aren’t what they first appear to be; rather than viewing them as failures, view them as learning opportunities that… — Steve Pemberton Copy Share Image
I've read a lot of war writing, even World War I writing, the British war poetry of Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon,… — George Packer Copy Share Image
One thing you will discover is that life is based less than you think on what you’ve learned and much more than… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
I am forever engaged in a silent battle in my head over whether or not to lift the fork to my mouth,… — Jena Morrow Copy Share Image
“In France, Paul explained, good cooking was regarded as a combination of national sport and high art, and wine was always served… — Julia Child Copy Share Image
“She said, 'No, you learned that you have power - power and determination. I love you and I am proud of you.… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
“While some people are good at painting, playing an instrument or singing, I have been told more than once I am good… — Eric Arrouze Copy Share Image
Dylan's 'Chronicles' is easily the best rock n' roll memoir ever written, as far as I'm concerned. There aren't many stories in… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
“As I searched for food perfection, and as I gained weight, I began to realize that the race for perfection in anything… — Rachael Rose Steil Copy Share Image
When the publisher here in America wanted to put the word "memoir" on the title page [of 'Winter Journal'] and on the… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
“Today, of course, popular culture is on a culinary binge; and so much personal writing is now devoted to gazing back upon… — Laura Shapiro Copy Share Image
Memoir isn't the summary of a life; it's a window into a life, very much like a photograph in its selective composition.… — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
I don't really read Stephen King - I just can't read scary things because it stays with me too long - but… — Phoebe Robinson 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
I believe that the memoir is the novel of the 21st century; it’s an amazing form that we haven’t even begun to… — Susan Cheever Copy Share Image
The biggest takeaway from a memoir is that you have to play fair. Within the first draft, I was writing very angrily… — Michelle Zauner Copy Share Image
“Benar atau tidak, jujur atau tidak, memoir ialah sebuah prosa peribadi, karya bukan cereka yang mesti dibaca secara kritis untuk menentukan kebenarannya.” — Baharuddin Zainal Copy Share Image
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