Disbelief Quote by Patricia Hampl

Memoir is a unique opportunity to revisit yourself. I don't mean by memory. I mean in the revision process. You don't just write a…

— Joshua Mohr

“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

Those of us who obsess over every word and action are constantly recalling past events, but that doesn't make them any less painful, nor…

— Janice Erlbaum

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

— Arthur Schnitzler

I think that when memoir goes wrong, it goes wrong from too much memory, too much detail. It's about clearing all that away and…

— Tara Westover

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

— Peter Serafinowicz

This may be a little bit of a provocative thing to say, but the memoirist doesn't owe the reader anything other than a good…

— Dani Shapiro

One of the things I learned about writing a memoir is you can’t drag the reader through everything. Every human life is worth 20…

— Anonymous

Memoir is a weird genre for a reporter. You end up investigating your own memories, reporting out your past.

— William Finnegan

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

“For those who write memoirs, memory is not a mere recollection of facts; it is a ragbag we pick through, salvaging scraps to craft…

— Rossandra White

Lately I've been thinking about the idea that all novels are, at least in some way, about the process of writing a novel -…

— Lucas Mann