“Every book adds a grain of humility and humanity to the communal ground that we tread. Writing is the one method that… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
The first book by an African American I read was Carl T. Rowan's memoir, Go South to Sorrow. I found it on… — Richard Rodriguez Copy Share Image
“At times I feel as if I am spread out over the landscape and inside things, and am myself living in every… — Carl G. Jung Copy Share Image
While writing my memoir, 'When Skateboards Will Be Free,' I would sometimes have to pore over hours of microfilm at the New… — Said Sayrafiezadeh Copy Share Image
Language can still be an adventure if we remember that words can make a kind of melody. In novels, news stories, memoirs… — Constance Hale Copy Share Image
In a memoir, your main contract with the reader is to tell the truth, no matter how bizarre. — Edmund White Copy Share Image
“Now, through an act as simple as walking across a stage and collecting an empty plastic folder representing a degree, our stock… — Rachel Shukert Copy Share Image
What a lurid life Oscar Wilde does lead - so full of extraordinary incidents. What a chance for the memoir writers of… — Max Beerbohm Copy Share Image
Coalwood, West Virginia, is the little coal-mining town where I grew up, and it was there that five other teenage boys and… — Homer Hickam Copy Share Image
“Remember to add the most important ingredient to every recipe you make - your love!” — Diana Silva Copy Share Image
“I dozed, jolting occasionally at the driver's loud pronouncement of upcoming stops. At this early hour the bus hummed along quietly with… — Carolyn Weber Copy Share Image
The failures of other genres to provide an emotional connection with some of their characters and narratives gives memoir a toehold. — Mary Karr Copy Share Image
I've read my grandmother's memoirs and she served as a nurse during World War II. What they had to do was incredible. — Jessica Brown Findlay Copy Share Image
“I feel alone here. In some ways, I feel abandoned here. This feels fitting, somehow, and, in recognizing the truth in that,… — Brittany Penner Copy Share Image
“If I can do it, anybody can do it. Willpower is strong! I believe that. You just have to have faith in… — Gavin MacLeod Copy Share Image
“I shut my ears, averted my eyes, turning instead to what I thought at the time was pain's antidote: silence. I was… — Tracy K. Smith Copy Share Image
“As a survivor of sibling abuse, the toxic shame is not for the survivor to carry. You didn’t do anything wrong. You… — Dana Arcuri CTRC Copy Share Image
“I stood in the library admiring the huge book collection. There was something inherently calming about being surrounded by books, even their… — Saffron Mello Castro Copy Share Image
“There’s irony in a beautiful curl slowly turning into a tangled mess, beyond resurrection, in a matter of minutes.” — Shelley Taylor Copy Share Image
Of all the many memoirs by former Soviet officials, Palazchenko's is among the best written and also the most objective. Even his… — Jack F. Matlock, Jr Copy Share Image
I was astonished to find that the positions my grandfather had defended were now overgrown and entangled with trees and thorns. I… — Chris Cleave Copy Share Image
One thing about humans is that we all have them - lifestories. We live by and through them. But writers of memoir… — Lidia Yuknavitch Copy Share Image
“Not to put too fine a point on it, if you want the dream, if you want to sculpt the magic inside… — Annaliese Morgan Copy Share Image
“Purposeful planning is most effective when you are actively seeking and getting feedback from those whose judgement you trust and respect.” — Steve Pemberton 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
