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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

“Memoir writing draws on all aspects of who we are, body, mind and soul. We are challenged to dig deep, to remember, and once…

— Rossandra White

Memoir implies the need to reveal something about yourself - to recount your life for educational purposes.

— Aleksandar Hemon

By definition, memoir demands a certain degree of introspection and self-disclosure: In order to fully engage a reader, the narrator has to make herself…

— Caroline Knapp

A memoir takes some particular threads, some incidents, some experience from a person's life and gives an account of it.

— Richard Hell

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

“I find that the writing of a memoir has two functions. One is to pass on, as much as you’re willing to tell, the…

— Neil Simon

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

— Elie Wiesel

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

Obviously memoir is subjective truth: It is my memory, my perspective, that's the beauty. But I still wanted to be as factual as I…

— Cheryl Strayed

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

Memoir is about handing over you life to someone and saying, This is what I went through, this is who I am, and maybe…

— Anonymous