If you want help in starting to write memoirs, you don't want to fall into the clutches of a famous writer who… — Judith Barrington Copy Share Image
As to why people like Joseph Lelyveld are writing memoirs, I think they're just catching on the coattails of the trend. — Francine du Plessix Gray Copy Share Image
“The entire partying lifestyle was superficial in my experience, and most of my friendships were as deep as a shot glass and… — Kate Madison Copy Share Image
For me, the showbiz memoir is uninteresting - you want to tell people something they don't know about. — Alexei Sayle Copy Share Image
“The second day of the book tour I stopped an interviewer and said, “Aren’t you asking the wrong question?” The interviewer stared… — Christina Crawford Copy Share Image
“We must define a story which encourages us to make use of the place where we live without killing it, and we… — William Kittredge Copy Share Image
“What you don’t know going in is that when you come out, you will be scarred for life. Whether you were in… — William Guarnere Copy Share Image
“I read somewhere that a man should tell the story of his life at the age of forty, and this deadline is… — Juan Gabriel Vásquez Copy Share Image
“In 2005, my mad half, HER was born... ME & HER: a Memoir of Madness, 2012.” — Karen Tyrrell Copy Share Image
“At its best, art can be nothing more than a means of forgetting the human disaster for a while.’ I am still… — Isaac Bashevis Singer 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
Where would the memoir be without bipolar writers? I mean, that's what - that whole oversharing thing is really a very clear… — Ayelet Waldman Copy Share Image
I'm a layperson. I barely got out of high school. I have no business telling people what to do or my big… — Jamie Lee Curtis Copy Share Image
“I’ve written for those who want to learn, truly learn, about a community with which they aren’t familiar. Or for those who… — Daniel Stern Copy Share Image
“I believe in a God who not only intervenes in human affairs--again and again--but one who also makes banquets out of stale… — Karen Swallow Prior Copy Share Image
All the authors who've ultimately published Louder Than Words memoirs have been very happy to be chosen and excited about the possibility… — Deborah Reber Copy Share Image
“The selection process is simple. Hubby exhausts every ploy in his psychological arsenal to filter out the liars, fakes, and undesirables. (If… — Daniel Stern Copy Share Image
If you're going to write a memoir, try to be as honest and open as you can. — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
“After college I got a job and started working. This new career had absolutely nothing to do with my degree.” — Jason Najum Copy Share Image
“A writer’s voice emanates from their interest and compulsions that absorbs them completely. Only by fully committing himself or herself to a… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“All forms of art must contribute to the discursive dialogue regarding the composition of the malleable human condition.” — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
Yet one new trend I do like coming from mainstream publishers right now is memoirs tied to research that explores the narrator's… — Debra Monroe Copy Share Image
In an attempt to help me move on from my failed marriage, my mom set me up with Jesus Freak. In fact,… — Kate Madison Copy Share Image
