In the olden days, a memoir was something written by Churchill and people like that, because they had a grand experience and… — Aleksandar Hemon Copy Share Image
The Stovepipe is a memoir full of laughter and tears and a moving story of sisterly love as well as their will… — Dave Pelzer Copy Share Image
“These days I feel empowered by the same disturbing stories that once broke my spirit.” — Arelis Calkins Copy Share Image
“When Tito was born, I was writing my fifth novel. That was how I saw my future: living in Venice and jumping… — Diogo Mainardi Copy Share Image
The parts in which I elaborated on the sexual life of the doctor herself, the personal life, her relation with men [in… — Nawal El Saadawi Copy Share Image
“This memoir is one of the most brutally honest books I’ve ever read. You will grow to believe, and cheer on, this… — Joe Loya Copy Share Image
“Become your own soulmate. Then you'll always have someone watching your back, and you'll always have someone who loves you.” — Rebecca O'Donnell Copy Share Image
There is a physics to the world, which non-fiction has a contract to stand in awe of, otherwise it becomes completely self-centered… — Nick Flynn Copy Share Image
I believe that the memoir is the novel of the 21st century; it’s an amazing form that we haven’t even begun to… — Susan Cheever Copy Share Image
“Successes are those highlights of life we look back on with a smile. But it's the day to day grind of getting… — Aaron Lauritsen Copy Share Image
We are all looking for something of extraordinary importance whose nature we have forgotten; I am writing the memoirs of a man… — Eugene Ionesco Copy Share Image
I could have written a misery memoir and instead I tried to make it funny. I never complained. — Caitlin Moran Copy Share Image
“I believe God lets us stumble along, slowly finding our way, and giving us chances to pick each other up.” — Anna White Copy Share Image
I think the act of lying can be separated from the genre of memoir. Though often times, people are unaware of their… — Rob Roberge Copy Share Image
“I know what it's like to sleep in fear, to starve myself to be worthy, to be ashamed of my voice, to… — Anna White Copy Share Image
Before I'm a writer, I'm definitely a reader and when I read memoir, I really want it to be true. — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
“Answering the question 'How would you like to smell?' by saying 'I'd rather I didn't' is also no longer acceptable. It's not… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
I don't read memoirs. But if you write a memoir, I would think you'd want people to know, "O.K., look, I've taken… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
I had read too many memoirs that were written after the writer or the director was past his or her prime. — Joe Eszterhas Copy Share Image
I don't know where the idea originated that memoir writing is cathartic. For me, it's always felt like playing my own neurosurgeon,… — Koren Zailckas Copy Share Image
What I wanted was to write a memoir that was immersive rather than reflective, to resurrect a long-gone version of my own… — Kevin Brockmeier Copy Share Image
“You do not arrive in a single morning. You arrive the way light arrives in a room — slowly, and then all… — Dodi M Copy Share Image
