Identity Quote by Slash Coleman

“A remarkable number of the memoirs of booksellers are basically anecdote delivery devices.”

— Travis McDade

“Being a writer, I'd never judged a book by its cover, but I suppose that the way a book carried itself gave you a…

— Lindsay Marene Ordone

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

— Sean Wilsey

“If you don't see the book you want on the shelf, write it.”

— Beverly Cleary

“People say everybody has a book inside them, so why not make your life a great story?”

— Martha Louise Hunter

“A bookstore is one of the only pieces of physical evidence we have that people are still thinking.”

— Jerry Seinfeld

“I walked to the bookcase and examined the storybooks inside. As a girl, I had dreamed of having stacks of books at my disposal--stories…

— Sarah Jio

“Everyone has a book in them, what's your story?”

— Dorothy Dubel

“They had only ever discussed books but what, in this life, is more personal than books?”

— Gabrielle Zevin

“The only thing I know about books, is that they should be like a woman's dress: long enough to cover the subject and short…

— James A. Newman

“It's true that this is not a book you stick on a shelf. This is a story you will instead always carry in your…

— Terry Goodkind

“Memoirs are often about difficult things in a person's life. In my situation, my story starts with about the stupidest, most immoral thing I've…

— Piper Kerman