Quotes of: Memoirs Keyword

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

Oh the Glory of it All

An author’s strong belief and enthusiasm will affect the writing of the book and often the publisher’s commitment to it.

Lord of Publishing: A Memoir

When faced with something I fear, I tend to eat spaghetti.

Memoir from Antproof Case

Everything about Christianity is contained in the pathetic image of 'the flock.

Hitch-22: A Memoir

I don't need to write a memoir of my life. All you need to do is read one of my books. I'm there.

Lori Lesko

My generation must have despair. - Leonard Bernstein Ch 40/Dog Water Free, A Memoir

Michael Jay

...my sisters are tough. Our strength is in our laughter (Dan)

The Kids Are All Right: A Memoir

Non-fiction, and in particular the literary memoir, the stylised recollection of personal experience, is often as much about character and story and emotion as fiction is.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

A memoir takes some particular threads, some incidents, some experience from a person's life and gives an account of it.

Richard Hell

I have 60 years of reading to draw upon: naval memoirs, dispatches, the Naval Chronicles, family letters.

Patrick O'Brian

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

Peter Serafinowicz

When you put down the good things you ought to have done, and leave out the bad ones you did do well, that's Memoirs.

Will Rogers

It is such a luxury to open a new book that's highly recommended by friends - either an inspirational yet humorously self-deprecating memoir, or a page-turning piece of fiction.

Kelli O'Hara

When you write a song, the goal is not to convey the details of your life. You should write a memoir or something if that's what you're going to do.

Conor Oberst

Through therapy and a lot of thinking and writing my memoirs, I've been able to use my life as a lesson.

Jane Fonda

My memoir is about my time in film and the decision to leave Hollywood, grow up, and stop pretending.

Lisa Jakub

I've just finished my next collection, Possible Side Effects, and I'm now working on a collection of holiday stories as well as a memoir about my relationship with my father.

Augusten Burroughs

I've read my grandmother's memoirs and she served as a nurse during World War II. What they had to do was incredible.

Jessica Brown Findlay

The memoirs of call girls are much in demand these days - a millennial craze.

Confessions of a High-Priced Call Girl: Second Edition

Freedom to be oneself is all very well; the greater freedom is not to be oneself.

A Different Person: A Memoir

I said to my mother, Henry VII is interesting. No he's not, my mother said.

Giving Up the Ghost: A Memoir