Memoirs need confusion. It's the thing every human has in common. We are magnificently confused. — Joshua Mohr Copy Share Image
“It is a fundamental misperception," Fouts says to me, "to think human life has more value than any other life form.” — Lauren Slater Copy Share Image
“I've had cancer twice and if I had to pick one fate for you, cancer or fertility problems-I'd pick cancer.” — Kelly Corrigan Copy Share Image
“...tethered to the ground by quotidian conversation. ... the window rosy with anemic November light.” — Lauren Slater Copy Share Image
Anyone who tries to write a memoir needs to keep in mind that what's interesting to you isn't necessarily interesting to a… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
Lesson learned: If a guy tells you you're his second choice, don't make him your first. — Kate Madison Copy Share Image
Moments fly, memories remain; and then memories fly, only memoirs remain and finally memoirs disappear, nothing remains! — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
I’ve always liked to read about extremely wealthy people, especially when they are crazy (like Howard Hughes or Caligula.) While writing this… — Simon Rich Copy Share Image
Having a memoir and a retrospective of your work running almost simultaneously when you're still alive does feel a bit posthumous. — Anthony Browne Copy Share Image
Well, I'd like to think I am, and I'd also like to think that we're all having a lot more fun getting… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
“I'm just scared I won't run as fast as I did my freshman year,' I admitted, choking back tears. Coach Woj looked… — Rachael Rose Steil Copy Share Image
“To have the versatility to adapt, accompanied by courage, spiritual strength, perseverance and dedication, leads to a successful life. To put your… — Shailah Edmonds Copy Share Image
“Their promise, my children's possibilities, still linger in our home.” — Sonali Deraniyagala Copy Share Image
When you write a memoir, and it's your life, and you're exposing things that are close to home, it's hard to see… — Randall Park Copy Share Image
At its best, fiction cultivates fantasy and compassion; at its worst, memoir provokes schadenfreude and prurience. The ugly truth, I fear, is… — Julia Glass Copy Share Image
Famed value investor Guy Spier has managed to write what is both a gripping memoir and a fascinating study of what it… — John Mihaljevic Copy Share Image
“...the job of the spiritual memoirist is to read the world like a book. Medieval monks believed the natural world was a… — Elizabeth J. Andrew 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
“From the moment I was first pregnant, and those around me insisted that treats such as cold cuts and nail polish could… — Kim Bongiorno Copy Share Image
It was a compromise. There was a sense that I could write my own memoirs, and Larry [Grobel] would help me down… — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
The memoir as a somewhat indistinct form is absolutely true. So many of the memoirs I've read, and the ones I have… — Lidia Yuknavitch Copy Share Image
I wish I had read Sacred Pregnancy when I was pregnant instead of the dozen books I had to piece together to… — Mayim Bialik 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
