Childhood Quote by Deepti Naval

A lot of writers that I know have told me that the first book you write, you write about your childhood, whether you want…

— Tea Obreht

“When you write your memoir you will understand, perhaps for the first time, the significance of your life through the language, images and emotions…

— Maureen Murdock

I'm writing a memoir. I'm four pages in. I start with my first memory, which is kicking my uncle in the balls. I was…

— Michael Showalter

Do you remember your childhood? I am always coming across these marvelous accounts by writers who declare that they remember 'everything.' I certainly don't.…

— Katherine Mansfield

“A new beginning always leads to more memories.”

— Riitta Jalonen

I've been working on my autobiography, just pecking away in longhand. The more you write, the more you remember. The more you remember, the…

— Pat Morita

Writers always say, 'I always knew I wanted to be a writer; when I was a three-month-old foetus a pen formed in my hand…

— Harlan Coben

“My words and my stories are merely just memories that already lie, dormant, in your mind. It is my sole purpose to awaken them;…

— José N. Harris

Writing my memoir and recalling and recollecting has been wonderfully enriching.

— Deepti Naval

“When I first began to write, I had been a child for most of my life, and my childhood memories were vivid and potent,…

— Rebecca Solnit

Everything I write comes from my childhood in one way or another. I am forever drawing on the sense of mystery and wonder and…

— Kate DiCamillo

I started to write things down, as a very young child, wanting to find a way to remember - to keep close, somehow -…

— Anne Michaels