First time Quote by Maureen Murdock

“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

“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

“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

“A word of warning here. The events as you remember them will never be the same in your memory once you have turned them…

— Judith Barrington

“All writers want to a place their mark upon human consciousness by creating a physical record of their distinctive thoughts and an index of…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

A memoir forces me to stop and remember carefully. It is an exercise in truth. In a memoir, I look at myself, my life,…

— Isabel Allende

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

— Sean Wilsey

“My words and my stories are merely just memories that already lie, dormant, in your mind. It is my sole purpose to awaken them;…

— José N. Harris

“Autobiographical writing acts as a timeless testament to each person’s epic record of adventure, heartache, road to perdition, and achievement of a spiritual life…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

“We take creative license with the fictional narratives that become our memories. Anthologized, these are the tales that become the story of your life.”

— Danielle Ganek

“We understand the world by how we retrieve memories, re-order information into stories to justify how we feel.”

— Stephen Elliott

“I am a storyteller, for better and for worse. I suspect that a feeling for stories, for narrative, is a universal human disposition, going…

— Oliver Sacks