Memoir is a unique opportunity to revisit yourself. I don't mean by memory. I mean in the revision process. You don't just… — Joshua Mohr Copy Share Image
“I thought of my sweet little girl and her chubby cheeks, big brown eyes and long brown hair with bangs that constantly… — Kate Madison Copy Share Image
“War reporter Lawrence Sheets’s edgy memoir evokes exactly the fatalism, confusion, and centrifugal forces that suddenly broke up the Soviet Union two… — Hugh Pope Copy Share Image
I was always worried about the dishonesty and meretriciousness that often accompanies ego. So I tried to make the memoir as factual… — Dan Burt Copy Share Image
“Watch the official trailer for Climbing Back: From Coma to Calling—a true story of survival, faith, and purpose. Journey with Helen Ify… — Helen Ify Konoma Copy Share Image
I was enthralled and moved by Azar Nafisi's account of how she defied, and helped others to defy, radical Islam's war against… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
I feel that I'm an essayist and that my best work gets done in that form. I wanted to do a book… — Meghan Daum Copy Share Image
Grading creative writing is always an ethical dilemma. But what you brought up about grading personal stories versus the research paper is… — Debra Monroe 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
I would be so mad if I saw something called a memoir, and then it was Mike Birbiglia. It would be so… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
“Life is worth living and no matter what it throws at you it is important to keep your eyes on the prize… — Alistair Urquhart Copy Share Image
If you want help in starting to write memoirs, you don't want to fall into the clutches of a famous writer who… — Judith Barrington Copy Share Image
“Her love of words is a private passion - one she would rather not share. In the house of her childhood though… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
“I would not say I am looking for God. Or, I am not looking for God precisely. I am not seeking the… — Mary Rose O'Reilley Copy Share Image
In memoir, can you really tell the truth about yourself? You're not going to write about your little peccadilloes, like, "I like… — Scott McClanahan Copy Share Image
I keep thinking my father gave me Turgenev, and then I realize at some point, Oh, this is a false memory. I… — Marco Roth Copy Share Image
The East is unfamiliar with those confessions, memoirs, and autobiographies so beloved in the West. There is a clear difference in tonality.… — Paul Evdokimov Copy Share Image
The great thing about being a print journalist is that you are permitted to duck. Cameramen get killed while the writers are… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
“How long you guys been renovating?” Craig asked Arianna. “About a month.” “How much longer?” Arianna sighed. “The contractor messed up the… — Daniel Stern Copy Share Image
“All writers are demonic dreamers. Writing is an act of sharing experiences and offering of an individualistic perspective of our private attitudes… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
In terms of style, I think the memoirist should have a novelist's skill and all the elements of a novelist's toolbox. When… — Danielle Trussoni Copy Share Image
“Everyone knows that Africa is not reasonable place but if we can get across that neither are we, we strengthen the bond with… — Hendri Coetzee Copy Share Image
“My blissful childhood was shattered without warning when I was about ten years old. One day, my father told me that he… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“When a human lighthouse sees you in the midst of your storm, it points you toward safety and protection. In doing so,… — Steve Pemberton Copy Share Image
I don't remember reading much at all during the writing of Eileen. I go through several years-long dry spells and I don't… — Ottessa Moshfegh Copy Share Image
In how few words, for instance, the Greeks would have told the story of Abelard and Heloise, making but a sentence of… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“ Tempting as it may be to draw one conclusion or another from my story and universalize it to apply to another's experience,… — Rachel Reiland Copy Share Image
Speaking specifically about the memoir, I know that's a criticism that people can have about my work. When I look at the… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
'Duty' is a refreshingly honest memoir and a moving one. Mr. Gates scrupulously identifies his flaws and mistakes: He waited too long,… — Jack Keane Copy Share Image
“Destiny is not always preordained. Life is about making choices. Our lives are the sum of all the choices we make, the… — Judith Land Copy Share Image
I look for the moment(s) in the story where the writer risked abandoning the glory of the self in favor of the… — Lidia Yuknavitch Copy Share Image
“Stars, on the other hand, were inexplicable. Not holes in the sky, not candles, not electric lights, not anything that resembled what… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
“Staring at my smoldering hot date, her husband stands tall for the first time in a decade, adjusting his toupee while flashing… — Brett Tate Copy Share Image
It has always been a goal of mine to climb Kilimanjaro, so that's definitely happening, and I may write a memoir about… — Elin Hilderbrand Copy Share Image
“After a lifetime of soft, easy living in the West, one's buttocks take an awful hammering out here. Backpacking around India is… — Frank Kusy Copy Share Image
The only good grades I ever got in school before I was kicked out were for creative writing. I thought that fiction… — Rick Springfield Copy Share Image
A producer came to me about doing a memoir, and at first I thought, "Well, it's a little bland." But then I… — Dick Van Dyke Copy Share Image
Floyd Skloot’s Revertigo is a beautifully-written, moving account of one man’s off kilter life. Who would have imaged a memoir exploring months… — Dinty W. Moore Copy Share Image
I happened upon a memoir by a midlevel White House staffer, and he had been in the room that [Nixon's last] night… — Harry Shearer Copy Share Image
“I usually enjoy setting up a new kitchen, but this has become a joyless and highly charged task. My mother and I… — Katie Hafner Copy Share Image
![“I feel that I'm an essayist and that my best work gets done in that form. I wanted to do a book where the essays could exist on their own terms. A book that was neither a book of essays that were shoehorned into a memoir, nor [one where] the essays had been published elsewhere first, [because]…” quote by Meghan Daum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/107/meghan-daum-18332_bears_i-feel-that-i-m-an-essayist-and-that-my_1054935.png)
![“I happened upon a memoir by a midlevel White House staffer, and he had been in the room that [Nixon's last] night [in office]. This guy's memoir told me what Nixon's last words were. And they were, on August 8, 1974, to the crew: "Have a Merry Christmas, fellas!" That was just so bizarre.” quote by Harry Shearer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1aa/harry-shearer-7595_august_i-happened-upon-a-memoir-by-a-midlevel-w_2308171.jpg)
