Details Quote by Jen Lancaster

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

People write memoirs - this is my take, anyway - out of a great sense of self-importance.

— Greil Marcus

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

People ask me if I am going to write my memoirs. But even if I wanted to, I would not be able. I have…

— Bjorn Ulvaeus

It's easy to write one's memoirs when one has a terrible memory.

— Arthur Schnitzler

For me, when I read a book, I'm very much about detail.

— Emma Roberts

As a memoirist, I may claim to write the easier-to-remember things, but I could also just be writing to sweep them away. 'Don't bother…

— Andre Aciman

I’m frequently asked why I don’t write my memoirs. I think I have.

— Pauline Kael

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

I don't think anybody would be interested in my memoir - and my memory isn't very good either!

— Peter Serafinowicz

I live my memoirs, I don’t have to write them down.

— Karl Lagerfeld

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