Writing Quote by Mary Karr

“Sometimes I dream that I'm writing a memoir. A memoir would just be the thing to keep me in the hearts and memories of…

— John Green

“A memoir, at its heart, is written in order to figure out who you are.”

— Sean Wilsey

“this is the story of my life so far. I get that it’s kind of odd for someone my age to be writing a…

— Joey Graceffa

You have to take pains in a memoir not to hang on the reader's arm, like a drunk, and say, 'And then I did…

— Annie Dillard

I think, in writing a memoir, you kind of give order to your life.

— Pamela Druckerman

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

— Erika Jayne

“This memoir is one of the most brutally honest books I’ve ever read. You will grow to believe, and cheer on, this flawed hero…

— Joe Loya

“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

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

For a memoir to really succeed, the author has to do such hard work before they come to the page. They have to do…

— Alexandra Fuller

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

— Jim Harrison

“Just as there can be a hole in these narratives, a memoir can be as much about what's forgotten as what's remembered.”

— Jane Alison