Intelligence Quote by Donald Miller

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

— Jim Harrison

If you're going to write a memoir, try to be as honest and open as you can.

— Salman Rushdie

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

— Erika Jayne

The idea of a memoir is to tell the truth. I know that often the truth hurts, but a lie hurts even more.

— Rohan Marley

As a memoirist, I strive for veracity.

— Mary Karr

I will say, with memoir, you must be honest. You must be truthful.

— Elie Wiesel

To write a good memoir you must become the editor of your own life, imposing on an untidy sprawl of half-remembered events a narrative…

— William Zinsser

I'm not sure I ever would write a memoir.

— Susan Ford

I'm not into this memoir craze that's been going on for 20 years now and doesn't seem to ever let up. People just indiscriminately…

— Richard Hell

I think many people need, even require, a narrative version of their life. I seem to be one of them. Writing memoir is, in…

— Sue Monk Kidd

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

I would never write a memoir, because it would be too boring.

— Harlan Coben