Friends Quote by Justine Bateman

Memoirs are a well-known form of fiction.

— Frank Harris

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

I love to read nonfiction and memoir, but I'm mostly interested in the piece of writing more than the person.

— Alice Mattison

I've written three books you could think of as memoirs.

— Calvin Trillin

I'm not about to write my memoirs. Not for a long time.

— John Major

But who has time to write memoirs? Im still living my memoirs

— Anonymous

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

I love memoirs. They are probably my favorite literary form, along with biographies. The more confessional, the better. There is so, so, so little…

— Anne Lamott

Some people think memoirs should be held to a perfect journalistic standard. Some people don't. Obviously I don't. My goal was never to create…

— James Frey

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

— Pauline Kael

Interest in reading memoirs is universal. What has happened is that people are writing about more and more outrageous things. Our threshold for weirdness…

— Sara Nelson

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