I have always felt a special affinity with V. S. Pritchett. He worked from the ear, primarily, as I do, and he… — Kevin Barry Copy Share Image
“Dogs possess a quality that's rare among humans--the ability to make you feel valued just by being you--and it was something of… — Caroline Knapp Copy Share Image
The term 'celebrity memoir' has gotten such a bad name now, but there used to be a little bit of an art… — Rob Lowe Copy Share Image
I get kind of tired of the "But it's your life!" attitude about memoir. I wrote. I engaged in artistic production. I… — Lidia Yuknavitch Copy Share Image
“The stars were withdrawn, small, giving no light, unlike other nights when they seemed to hang large from the sky ready to… — Sanora Babb Copy Share Image
“Storytelling creates a healing serum. The thematic unguent of our personal story represents a fusion of the ineffable truths that each of… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Her lips full and inviting, she has an infectious laugh and glassy cackle in her eyes, and a 2000 volt sexual charisma… — Brett Tate Copy Share Image
To write a good memoir you must become the editor of your own life, imposing on an untidy sprawl of half-remembered events… — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
I thought a lot about how so many memoirs about fatness focus on weight loss; they don't focus on living with weight… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
“At forty my faculties may have closed up like flowers at evening, leaving me unable to write my memoirs with a fitting… — James Thurber Copy Share Image
“People always laugh at me when I tell them I’m scared of pencils, because they can’t fathom why anyone would fear a… — Kate Madison Copy Share Image
And in the same way, FDR's not much of a father. Although the children in all their memoirs really talk about what… — Blanche Wiesen Cook Copy Share Image
A third volume of Memoirs is really a bold undertaking ... I cannot, like a certain female writer, say, I hope if… — Laetitia Pilkington Copy Share Image
“Let us call the world to come together – every child, every woman and every man. Let us draw a bigger picture,… — Maha Al Fahim Copy Share Image
“Philosophic thoughts allow people to use human reason and imagination to consider eternal matters and explore the ramifications of their own transience.… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
Bush's memoir is 512 pages. To be fair, 200 of those pages are just games and puzzles. — Craig Ferguson Copy Share Image
“If you are listening to the roar, you're going to miss the whisper.” — Tracy Pinkerton Copy Share Image
“Somehow, we were passing the boundaries of language and finding clarity in shared thought, even if we were just talking about beer!” — Gerry Abbey Copy Share Image
“The ride back to Kathmandu was comfortable and relaxing. There were more overturned trucks (the gas-powered ones seem to tip the most… — Jennifer S. Alderson Copy Share Image
“Normally, it takes people about 60 to 90 minutes to reach REM sleep, so they wouldn’t enter this stage during a 20… — Julie Flygare Copy Share Image
“Besides, we were fifteen, and we couldn't get our feelings to match up with our brains. So we went with our feelings.” — Karen Swallow Prior Copy Share Image
“The Brit's face shares a heritage with a junkyard butt-sniffing mutt. It's a hard-earned moonshine mug, dotted with a hairy mole that… — Brett Tate Copy Share Image
“As an adult, getting paid thousands of dollars a week to say, “Aye, Sir. Course laid in” is a seriously sweet gig,… — Wil Wheaton Copy Share Image
I'm making a kind of a memoir of certain aspects and times in my life. Now that I'm older I can look… — Lourdes Portillo Copy Share Image
