Accounts Quote by Richard Hell

A memoir is a book about some particular thread or theme or moment in a person's life, whereas an autobiography is the entire life.

— Richard Hell

Memoir is about handing over you life to someone and saying, This is what I went through, this is who I am, and maybe…

— Anonymous

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

— William Finnegan

Memoir isn't the summary of a life; it's a window into a life, very much like a photograph in its selective composition. It may…

— William Zinsser

A memoir is not an autobiography. It's a true story told as a novel, using techniques of novelization. The author is allowed to compress…

— Homer Hickam

Memoir implies the need to reveal something about yourself - to recount your life for educational purposes.

— Aleksandar Hemon

By definition, memoir demands a certain degree of introspection and self-disclosure: In order to fully engage a reader, the narrator has to make herself…

— Caroline Knapp

“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

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 should have some uplifting quality, inspiring or illuminating, and that's what separates a life story that can influence other people.

— Mitch Albom

Memoir is a difficult literary form to pull off when dealing with discrete and poignant moments in a life, even harder when seeking to…

— Uzodinma Iweala

Writing a memoir begins a process that doesn't necessarily end with publication. You begin to think about family life and stories and relationships, and…

— Sue Perkins