Quote by Christy Leigh Stewart Download Open image ““Memoirs are noting more than literary masterbation.”” — Christy Leigh Stewart ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.8 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“A remarkable number of the memoirs of booksellers are basically anecdote delivery devices.” — Travis McDade Copy Share Image
“Memoirs are often about difficult things in a person's life. In my situation, my story starts with about the stupidest, most immoral thing I've… — Piper Kerman Copy Share Image
“If I am to write my memoirs someday I would like to have good material to work with.” — James Cambias Copy Share Image
“In some ways, writing a memoir is knocking yourself out with your own fist, if it’s done right.” — Mary Karr Copy Share Image
“These are my habits and the way I spend my life: studying literature.” — Christine de Pizan Copy Share Image
“Literature keeps setting the bar for our dreams not higher but elsewhere.” — Ange Mlinko Copy Share Image
“Writing is like masturbation. It might not bear fruit, but it certainly does feel good.” — Charles Delmar author of My Cooking Coach and creator of MyCookingCoach.com Copy Share Image
Memoirs have at their heart a content that "happened" to someone in real life. Is that what you are itching at in your question,… — Lidia Yuknavitch Copy Share Image
“All of this made me feel better about myself, and I was grateful to the books for teaching me-without my even having to read… — Brock Clarke Copy Share Image
“Only when, years later, I touched for the first time my lover's body did I realize that literature could sometimes fall short of the… — Alberto Manguel Copy Share Image
“I'm no writer, but still I want to record my days. And books have given me all the words I need. I just go… — Tiffany McDaniel Copy Share Image
“Just as there can be a hole in these narratives, a memoir can be as much about what's forgotten as what's remembered.” — Jane Alison Copy Share Image
“I think men think about their penises as much as women think about molestation.” — Christy Leigh Stewart Copy Share Image
“A novel is no different than graffiti in a bathroom stall, it's just more pretentious.” — Christy Leigh Stewart Copy Share Image
“You keep the title of 'president' even if you served only one term. The same goes for rapists.” — Christy Leigh Stewart Copy Share Image
“Abortion is no one’s business but the person getting one. The way people practice eugenics is everyone’s business.” — Christy Leigh Stewart Copy Share Image
“I’m supposed to overcome my disability to make it easier to manage for people who I don’t even want in my life. I have… — Christy Leigh Stewart Copy Share Image
“Every concept of reality is all in our head, belief is what makes truth.” — Christy Leigh Stewart Copy Share Image
“People feeling pity for me is as offensive as them feeling inspired by me.” — Christy Leigh Stewart Copy Share Image
“The concept of virginity is a social construct. If you’re wondering if my commercial value, self-respect, and/or quality of my immortal soul has been… — Christy Leigh Stewart Copy Share Image
“When I was in high school I wanted to be in the most underground band ever so we didn’t have a name, songs, no… — Christy Leigh Stewart Copy Share Image
“I've purged myself of worldly goods; half my stuff is either being sold or going to charity. I need to go shopping.” — Christy Leigh Stewart Copy Share Image
