Based on what you know about him in history books, what do you think Abraham Lincoln would be doing if he were… — David Letterman Copy Share Image
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I actually find it pretty tedious when magazines ask me to write articles based on my real life, because I've already lived… — Nick Earls Copy Share Image
'Out of Africa,' Dinesen's second book, is a love story, though not the one portrayed by Streep and Redford in the film.… — Joanna Scott Copy Share Image
“I name you today, heart fears. I am small, but you are smaller. You will not stop me. You have a voice,… — Anna White Copy Share Image
a lot of trouble has been caused by memoirs. Indiscreet revelations, that sort of thing. People who have been close as an… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“It is the capacity to feel consuming grief and pain and despair that also allows me to embrace love and joy and… — Anna White Copy Share Image
“I avoided one-on-one situations, eye contact, and healthy relationships. Instead I took refuge in drinking too much, cheap sex, and sarcasm.” — Jason Najum Copy Share Image
The current memoir craze has fostered the belief that confession is therapeutic, that therapy is redemptive and that redemption equals art, and… — Michiko Kakutani Copy Share Image
“You have to study and learn so that you can make up your own mind. Stock your mind, stock your mind. It… — Frank McCourt Copy Share Image
A fine memoir is to a fine novel as a well-wrought blanket is to a fancifully embroidered patchwork quilt. The memoir, a… — Julia Glass Copy Share Image
“Most German perpetrators were never punished or rewarded for their behavior, but they had learned something about themselves. They know what they… — Fern Schumer Chapman Copy Share Image
If you're writing a book where you want to make a positive truth claim, then you should absolutely call it nonfiction or… — Elif Batuman Copy Share Image
“Whether or not you employ humor in dealing with difficult subjects, the tone of the writing is of the utmost importance. Personally,… — Judith Barrington Copy Share Image
If anything, I've found nonfiction a little easier. You don't have to make anything up. Of course, that's the inherent difficulty as… — Debra Dean Copy Share Image
“It's the same with the wound in our hearts. We need to give them our attention so that they can heal. Otherwise… — James R. Doty Copy Share Image
“Sometimes I dream that I'm writing a memoir. A memoir would just be the thing to keep me in the hearts and… — John Green Copy Share Image
With my own memoirs, they are truthful, and I write everything fully expecting to some day end up televised on Court TV,… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
“People want biography. People want memoir. They want you to tell them that the story you're telling them is true. The thing… — Dorothy Allison Copy Share Image
I dislike modern memoirs. They are generally written by people who have either entirely lost their memories, or have never done anything… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“Somehow the idyllic existence I envisioned never quite came to pass, but aside from the occasional culinary disaster, my marriage wasn't bad.” — Alexandra Bogdanovic Copy Share Image
“The children we bring into the world are small replicas of ourselves and our husbands; the pride and joy of grandfathers and… — Azelene Williams Copy Share Image
I ignored my stand-up career for twenty-five years, but now, having finished this memoir, I view this time with surprising warmth. One… — Steve Martin 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
“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
I don't like talking about myself; I like to let the music be the spokesperson for me. So doing a memoir and… — Russell Mael Copy Share Image
As irony would have it, the very person who inspired me to write a memoir... was the only person to be ejected… — Andre Aciman 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
If you've traveled independently through Tibet, Brandon Wilson's Yak Butter Blues will bring back memories...this lively memoir is sure to provide a… — Hannah Nordhaus Copy Share Image
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When you start a memoir, you think, 'I'm going to blast all the people who were mean to me.' And then you… — Nell Scovell Copy Share Image
“Attempting to express a person’s objective reality and subjective state of mind with the written word is an endless task because writing… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
If people call my book an actor's memoir I will be very upset. I can't bear anything too literal, so it has… — Zawe Ashton Copy Share Image
“Psychologists suggest that we must reach back at least three generations to look for clues whenever we begin untangling the emotional legacy… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“Each returning soldier is an in-the-flesh memoir of war. Their chapters might vary, but similar imagery fills the pages, and the theme… — Ellen Hopkins Copy Share Image
Andrée De Jongh story led me to other stories of women who joined the Resistance in France. I found literally dozens of… — Megan Chance Copy Share Image
“Part of what makes the book bizzare is that Whitman, because he wants to stand for everyone, because he wants to be… — Ben Lerner Copy Share Image
That desire to reach further is also where I ended my memoir, in 1994 in California, perhaps ironically, looking out to the… — Shirley Geok-lin Lim Copy Share Image
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