Book Quote by Deborah Reber

The memoir as a somewhat indistinct form is absolutely true. So many of the memoirs I've read, and the ones I have gravitated toward…

— Lidia Yuknavitch

I suppose I reached the limit of what I could do with nonfiction books, perhaps because they never felt quite intense enough - it's…

— Lawrence Osborne

Anyone who tries to write a memoir needs to keep in mind that what's interesting to you isn't necessarily interesting to a reader.

— Mitch Albom

One of the things I learned about writing a memoir is you can’t drag the reader through everything. Every human life is worth 20…

— Anonymous

One thing about humans is that we all have them - lifestories. We live by and through them. But writers of memoir are particularly…

— Lidia Yuknavitch

Before I'm a writer, I'm definitely a reader and when I read memoir, I really want it to be true.

— Augusten Burroughs

I think that's the thing that memoir can do more than anything it does; it testifies and bears witness to the existence of people…

— Richard Ford

A memoir should have some uplifting quality, inspiring or illuminating, and that's what separates a life story that can influence other people.

— Mitch Albom

I thought, frankly, that it would be more pleasant to write a memoir than it was.

— Jim Harrison

I would have never thought to write a memoir, but I'm glad I did it.

— Erika Jayne

“Unlike uplifting light fiction, narrative nonfiction’s trammeled territory provides no safe room where an unnerved writer can banish their unpleasant memories. Narrative nonfiction must…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

When you are writing a memoir, you have the advantage of knowing how it all ends. It's just taking your life apart and putting…

— Koren Zailckas