Memoir Quote by Amy Tan

“The writing does not define me, but says something about who I am.”

— Liv-Christine Hoem

“Writing is mostly a mind game. It’s about tricking yourself into becoming who you are. If you do this long enough, you begin to…

— Jeff Goins

“Writing is the mirror in which I see myself most clearly.”

— Brett Biaggio

“Says I to myself” should be the motto of my journal. It is fatal to the writer to be too much possessed by his…

— Henry David Thoreau

“Writing is an act of ego, and you might as well admit it.”

— William Zinsser

“There are always struggles in writing. Anyone who denies this is either lying to themselves or you. Or they’re not faithful to their audience.”

— Phoenix Elvis Nicholson

“If you consider yourself a writer just write.”

— Sara Gran

“You have to write about yourself before you can write about anything else.”

— Shaun David Hutchinson

“I write things that I would like to read myself.”

— T.M. Bilderback

“Writing to me is a way to get your feelings and ideas out. It is something everybody is capable of.”

— Katherine Powers

“Writing turns you into somebody who's always wrong. The illusion that you may get it right someday is the perversity that draws you on.”

— Philip Roth

“I write for myself, for my own pleasure. And I want to be left alone to do it.”

— J.D. Salinger