It is of great advantage to the student of any subject to read the original memoirs on that subject, for science is… — James Clerk Maxwell Copy Share Image
“Life is worth living and no matter what it throws at you it is important to keep your eyes on the prize… — Alistair Urquhart Copy Share Image
“I believe in beauty. I believe in goodness. I believe in the power of turning: the other cheek, time, curve of the… — Anna White Copy Share Image
“His eyes are so clear and blue that nothing but clichés enter my mind.” — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
“Here the earth, as if to prove its immensity, empties itself. Gertrude Stein said: 'In the United States there is more space… — William Least Heat-Moon Copy Share Image
Voice is the je ne sais quoi of spirited writing. It separates brochures and brilliance, memo and memoir, a ship's log and… — Constance Hale Copy Share Image
As a critic, I try to stay neutral about movies before I see them, but I really wanted "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot" to… — David Edelstein Copy Share Image
In preparing the present volume, it has been the aim of the author to do full justice to the ample material at… — Othniel Charles Marsh Copy Share Image
Final installment of Things More Fun Than Reading the Sarah Palin Memoir: Driving into a tree, microwaving your head, and getting stabbed… — David Letterman Copy Share Image
The wisdom of hindsight, so useful to historians and indeed to authors of memoirs, is sadly denied to practicing politicians. — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
I think people feel very comfortable reviewing the idea of me, as opposed to what I've actually written. Most of the time,… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
I only read the very best music books. Donald Fagan's memoir 'Eminent Hipsters' is great. Bob Dylan's memoir 'Chronicles' and Patty Smith's… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
“The Buddha taught that most problems - if only you give them enough time and space - will eventually wear themselves out.” — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Obviously memoir is subjective truth: It is my memory, my perspective, that's the beauty. But I still wanted to be as factual… — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
In how few words, for instance, the Greeks would have told the story of Abelard and Heloise, making but a sentence of… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“This scroll is my personal obituary, a journal that documents my time toiling on this rocky orb. I labored to say who… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
I think that today's books, in which every quote, every conversation, is taken from a memoir, an autobiography, an interview, or what-have-you,… — Russell Freedman Copy Share Image
“I've been a storyteller since I was six years old when my mother had her first series of electroshock therapy treatments. I… — Margaret Terry Copy Share Image
I'm not one of those people who's so blinded by my own work and my sweat. It's kind of risky writing a… — Questlove Copy Share Image
The current memoir craze has fostered the belief that confession is therapeutic, that therapy is redemptive and that redemption equals art, and… — Michiko Kakutani Copy Share Image
“Mr. Schlubb, the pear-shaped PE teacher, sent us all out to run half a dozen laps around a preposterously enormous cinder track.… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
Memoir ... satisfies our need for gossip and intimacy, for testimony and confessional, and in this world of spin, offers a truthful… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
I've been approached many times to write all sorts of books about my past and my personal life. I get interest from… — Steve Vai Copy Share Image
“How many people have I heard claim their children as the greatest accomplishment and comfort of their lives? It's the thing they… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
