I believe a good memoir should have all of the narrative elements of a novel: character development, dialogue, descriptive language, and metaphor. — Danielle Trussoni 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
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
[Mark] Twain was a publisher. He published General Grant's Memoirs (a big success) and had a hand in the publishing of many… — Hal Holbrook Copy Share Image
If you read history, right, if you read [Mikhail] Gorbachev's memoirs, Gorbachev memoirs said the key thing in winning the Cold War… — Rudy Giuliani Copy Share Image
I guess that my opinion of writing about real people is informed by defenses of Joyce Maynard's memoir, that the experiences were… — Marie Calloway Copy Share Image
Some people think memoirs should be held to a perfect journalistic standard. Some people don't. Obviously I don't. My goal was never… — James Frey Copy Share Image
“Learn from your past and be better because of your past, but don't cry about your past. Life is full of pain.… — Trevor Noah, Born A Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood Copy Share Image
I elbowed my way into the grubby café, bought a pie that tasted of shoe polish and a pot of tea with… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
Jim Grimsley's unflinching self-examination of his own boyhood racial prejudices during the era of school desegregation is one of the most compelling… — Dinty W. Moore Copy Share Image
“First memory: a man at the back door is saying, I have real bad news, sweat is dripping off his face, Garbert's… — Frances Mayes Copy Share Image
“I journeyed alone for almost ten years before I found home. Adoptions are like very delicate gardening with transplants and grafts. Mine… — Ashley Rhodes-Courter Copy Share Image
In a sense, you're always mythologizing your life; it's always an effort to make yourself epic. At least in fiction you can… — Sherman Alexie 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
After I wrote my memoir, 'A Long Way Gone,' I was a bit exhausted. I didn't want to write another memoir; I… — Ishmael Beah Copy Share Image
“I've been a storyteller since I was six years old when my mother had her first series of electroshock therapy treatments. I… — Margaret Terry Copy Share Image
“God wants to take the fears that you and I are holding onto with both hands. He throws them aside, effortless, and… — Anna White Copy Share Image
I didn't want the book [of memoirs] out, naturally - Larry [Grobel] knew that for 20 years, 15 at least, I didn't… — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
Memory is revisionist, you know. 'The Houston Kid' was based on true things that happened. But I know - from writing a… — Rodney Crowell Copy Share Image
My grandmother could never have written a memoir, so 'The Gravedigger's Daughter' is a homage to her life, and to the lives… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
Fiorito has all the right stuff. His splendid memoir about his relationship with his dying father belongs on that small shelf with… — Mordecai Richler 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
A lot of folks just get it in their head that, for instance, like writing memoirs is just easy. You just write… — Homer Hickam Copy Share Image
Working with somebody who has a more interesting life than I do - and getting to take on that life temporarily -… — Hilary Liftin Copy Share Image
“...when I decided to be fully honest about whatever my heart undergoes, I found immense peace among the chaos of uncertainties. In… — Natalie Brenner Copy Share Image
“It's only natural for people to fall, but there are people who, even if they fall, jump right back up right away… — Ilchi Lee Copy Share Image
“Life is truly a matter of choices, reactions, and actions...each and every choice is governed by our reactions which in turn affect… — Kapil Kumar bhaskar Copy Share Image
“Have you ever gotten to a point where you looked at your own life, thought "Fu** this," and reached for the economy-sized… — Rebecca O'Donnell Copy Share Image
I started reading the big histories and the small histories, the memoirs and so forth. At some point, I found the diary… — Erik Larson Copy Share Image
“There was no question that Jorge 'Billy' Nayor liked to get high; he just didn't think of himself as a drug dealer… — Dinosaur in the Park Jorge Nayor Copy Share Image
“A marriage, willy-nilly, requires you to trust that your spouse will tell your story truthfully and lovingly when you are no longer… — Kate Braestrup Copy Share Image
“All experiences change us and personal writing is one of the most powerful agencies of change. The person who wrote these personal… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“He tilted my chin up and I swear those lips are magic. Witchcraft. Sorcery. Whatever it is in those lips, it’s addictive.… — Taylor Rhodes Copy Share Image
A memoir is not an autobiography. It's a true story told as a novel, using techniques of novelization. The author is allowed… — Homer Hickam Copy Share Image
Memoir is a difficult literary form to pull off when dealing with discrete and poignant moments in a life, even harder when… — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share Image
I can’t help thinking about memoir as a down-and-up process: Dive down for color; come up for context. Sink back down for… — Koren Zailckas Copy Share Image
“I know of other mothers who have children with disabilities,and right away they loved them and decided to fight for them. That… — Gillian Marchenko Copy Share Image
“For now I sit on my final island of the present as my radius of memory shrinks; lost already are the islands… — Chuma Nwokolo Copy Share Image
“I am not and autobiographical writer--one can't be without a solid and explicable self--and read all autobiographical writers with the same curiosity.… — Yiyun Li Copy Share Image
I think people dismiss celebrity memoirs as unreal, contrived and maybe partially made up. But that's definitely not true for anything that… — Hilary Liftin Copy Share Image
![“[Mark] Twain was a publisher. He published General Grant's Memoirs (a big success) and had a hand in the publishing of many of his own books. He would, I think, be very keen about the question of how a book would sell.” quote by Hal Holbrook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/087/hal-holbrook-17109_bigs_mark-twain-was-a-publisher-he-published_1197578.png)
![“If you read history, right, if you read [Mikhail] Gorbachev's memoirs, Gorbachev memoirs said the key thing in winning the Cold War was our insistence on nuclear defense, because they knew they couldn't match us.” quote by Rudy Giuliani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c45/rudy-giuliani-958_cold_if-you-read-history-right-if-you-read-mi_1131215.jpg)
![“I didn't want the book [of memoirs] out, naturally - Larry [Grobel] knew that for 20 years, 15 at least, I didn't want anything written about me. Then, you know, things happen, finally it's OK and I trust Larry. Nothing about it is salacious in any way.” quote by Al Pacino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/591/al-pacino-1656_book_i-didn-t-want-the-book-of-memoirs-out-na_1102797.jpg)
