“I write so that my handful of pebbles, cast daily into still waters, will produce a ripple. ” — Anne Schroeder Copy Share Image
“A vow is a heavenly created obligation in motion that only ends when fully completed.” — Lizelle Du_Plessis Copy Share Image
“Having uncompromising belief also means safeguarding your own spirit, defining who and what you want in your life.” — Steve Pemberton Copy Share Image
Much of my publishing life was consumed by the memoirs of movie stars - or by attempts to get them to write… — Michael Korda Copy Share Image
“There was no better path to autonomy for an ambitious young businesswoman than to be married off to a respectable corpse.” — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“Pivoting does not mean changing your goal but rather changing your strategy to realize that goal.” — Steve Pemberton Copy Share Image
“It is time to tell your story without feeling ashamed. This is how you heal.” — Arelis Calkins Copy Share Image
“Whenever we take a stand, we invite others who are siting on the sidelines to join us.” — Steve Pemberton Copy Share Image
I like to think about the genre, the essay or the memoir, as much as I enjoy writing within its fluid parameters.… — Jill Talbot 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
“This, I suspect, is the territory that lies just ahead and around the curve of today. A place where loss grows more… — Katrina Kenison Copy Share Image
When you write a song, the goal is not to convey the details of your life. You should write a memoir or… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
“I used to think a drug addict was someone who lived on the far edges of society. Wild-eyed, shaven-headed and living in… — Cathryn Kemp Copy Share Image
Writing a memoir isn't particularly interesting to me. I'm not like Ellen [DeGeneres], where I can write, 'Water bottles--they're crazy!' and it's… — Lauren Graham Copy Share Image
It's not as if I knew answers which I am going to set down in the form of a novel or a… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
“My mother was everything to me…and then I got married…and my husband became everything to me. It struck me then… Regret was… — Cécile Rischmann Copy Share Image
“One other thing—she was always armed. Ossie May talked about her gun even more than she bragged about her cooking. Out of… — Harold Phifer Copy Share Image
“Christmas is such a time of struggle anyway, crammed with busy and hurry and the expectation that you will be joyful, no… — Anna White Copy Share Image
“Right’ was not how I would describe the AFL’s decision to play our final against Geelong at Skilled Stadium. It had always… — Matthew Pavlich Copy Share Image
“She likes to write messages on balloons and send them to the sky. She takes out a black Magic Marker and she… — Kenny Porpora Copy Share Image
“I want my heart to be the thin place. I don't want to board a plane to feel the kiss of heaven.… — Anna White Copy Share Image
“I can't say for sure if I'm better off, since I have no way of knowing what would have been. I could… — Anna White Copy Share Image
Auto da Fay reveals the trickles of a creative sensibility that later became a tide, but essentially, Weldon the writer emerges only… — Joanna Murray-Smith Copy Share Image
I have always felt a special affinity with V. S. Pritchett. He worked from the ear, primarily, as I do, and he… — Kevin Barry Copy Share Image
I think, in writing a memoir, you kind of give order to your life. — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share Image