Great Quote by Greil Marcus Download Open image “People write memoirs - this is my take, anyway - out of a great sense of self-importance.” — Greil Marcus ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.9 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Great Identity People Self importance Sense Writing
I think the secret of memoirs is keeping those parts of yourself off the page, which makes what you do share more valuable. — Damian Barr Copy Share Image
I'm very detail oriented. I think that's why people enjoy my memoirs - because I tend to remember everything. — Jen Lancaster Copy Share Image
People write memoirs because they lack the imagination to make things up. — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
Part of the thing about why I wrote memoirs rather than a novel is that if anybody is going to tell my story it… — Carol Drinkwater Copy Share Image
As far as being territorial about one's own life, that's a mistake for ANY writer. All writers everywhere, in every genre, are drawing from… — Lidia Yuknavitch Copy Share Image
I'm embarrassed to say this, but I shy away from memoirs. My feeling is always that I'm saving them for later, so I guess… — Jennifer Egan Copy Share Image
I never thought I would write an autobiography, probably because my first novel, Go Now, is really all drawn from my life, even though… — Richard Hell Copy Share Image
The memoirs I love are all very intense. If you're going to do a memoir and protect yourself, what the hell's the point? Just… — Gary Shteyngart Copy Share Image
I don't read memoirs. But if you write a memoir, I would think you'd want people to know, "O.K., look, I've taken some liberties… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
As I write, Johnny Rotten's first moments in "Anarchy in the U.K." - a rolling earthquake of a laugh, a buried shout, then hoary… — Greil Marcus Copy Share Image
Elvis' early music has drama because as he sang he was escaping limits. — Greil Marcus Copy Share Image
You're going to react to a painting in a way that the painting demands you react. — Greil Marcus Copy Share Image
No failure in America, whether of love or money, is ever simple; it is always a kind of betrayal, of a mass of shadowy,… — Greil Marcus Copy Share Image
“[Listening to a song] one could experience a freedom from one's physical body, and from one's social body - the mask you wore to… — Greil Marcus Copy Share Image
Records that were the sound of somebody - more often than not, a she - speaking with a voice that had never been heard… — Greil Marcus Copy Share Image
I never could understand - it was impossible for me to get my head around - what the furor was, what the sense of… — Greil Marcus Copy Share Image
There is no pop category, let alone any infinitely gene-sliced genre name, to contain the lead in Rihanna's voice in 'Needed Me.' — Greil Marcus Copy Share Image
I'm a fan of Oliver Stone. I like his movies, I like his excess, and I think he has a great capacity for empathy… — Greil Marcus Copy Share Image
Bob Dylan continues to release odd and unsettling records, and to do odd and unsettling things on stage. So the term 'still' seems meaningless… — Greil Marcus Copy Share Image
When you're writing criticism or thinking critically, to draw a very limited minor conclusion from solid evidence is really not thinking. — Greil Marcus Copy Share Image
My ideal reader is somebody who trips over a copy of my book on the sidewalk; then they pick it up and read as… — Greil Marcus Copy Share Image
It's always great to see old friends, especially those I have not been able to see in 15 months. — William Regal Copy Share Image
Scepticism and cynicism about politics is so great that one of the best counters to it is what you can do at a local… — Ed Miliband Copy Share Image
I'm very proud of some of the stories I've been given thanks to the team at 'Emmerdale,' they've been great over the years so… — Kelvin Fletcher Copy Share Image
Real people speak in my books about the main events of the age, such as the war, the Chernobyl disaster, and the downfall of… — Svetlana Alexievich Copy Share Image
To me, Caribbean food is about fresh, seasonal produce - using what's in season to create vibrant and great tasting food. The spicing is… — Ainsley Harriott Copy Share Image
Ambition drives you on, ability certainly helps, but the fickle finger of fate and luck are great things. — Fergus Henderson Copy Share Image
No matter how many great things you say about Jacques Pepin, there's always more. Through his books and videos, he taught me the importance… — J. Kenji Lopez-Alt Copy Share Image
I would have done well as a gypsy child, I think. A circus baby. I coulda played a great street urchin or ragamuffin. Or… — Natasha Lyonne Copy Share Image
A lot of people have been saying 'The 100' reminds them of 'Lord Of The Flies,' 'Lost' and 'Battlestar Galactica,' and all of those… — Marie Avgeropoulos Copy Share Image
I always bump into people that Ive met. Not great friends, but if I bump into somebody Ive known and I wont recognise them.… — Dario Franchitti Copy Share Image
Performance matters because games are built on great performance, but form factor and energy efficiency matter incredibly because they want to build something that's… — Jensen Huang Copy Share Image