Memoir Quote by Paul Auster

I'm not into this memoir craze that's been going on for 20 years now and doesn't seem to ever let up. People just indiscriminately…

— Richard Hell

The memoir industry is, what's the word? Under regulated. I think it needs to be pruned. If there are too many books right now…

— Arthur Phillips

In memoir, you have to be particularly careful not to alienate the reader by making the material seem too lived-in. It mustn't have too…

— Rachel Cusk

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

— Erika Jayne

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

— Jim Harrison

I never wanted/expected to write a memoir, but this life thing, it has a way of sideswiping our worlds, scaring us so thoroughly that…

— Joshua Mohr

The discipline of writing a memoir comes in the editing. This is where I cut, slash, and burn - where my creative mind is…

— Terry Tempest Williams

The reason I like writing a memoir is because it isn't preachy.

— Donald Miller

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

Much more than memoir; it's history.

— Russell Banks

The idea of a memoir is to tell the truth. I know that often the truth hurts, but a lie hurts even more.

— Rohan Marley

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

— William Finnegan