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Memoir Quotes (page 2)

David Herbert Donald quote: "Maybe I will write a memoir, perhaps I'll do some essays, or..."
Maybe I will write a memoir, perhaps I'll do some essays, or maybe I will write a mystery story. David Herbert Donald
Manuel Puig quote: "My only fantasy about writing was that in my old days, after..."
My only fantasy about writing was that in my old days, after directing many masterpieces, I would write my memoirs. Manuel Puig
People think that because a novel's invented, it isn't true. Exactly the reverse is the case. Biography and memoirs can never be wholly true, since they cannot include every conceivable circumstance of what happened. The novel can do that. Anthony Powell
I'm a layperson. I barely got out of high school. I have no business telling people what to do or my big philosophy on life. I'm certainly not going to write any sort of memoir. Jamie Lee Curtis
We were developing an innovative Personal Information Manager called Chandler but a couple years ago I took off from that to do a project writing down my memoirs essentially, reminiscing about the development of the Macintosh. Andy Hertzfeld
Elie Wiesel quote: "I will say, with memoir, you must be honest. You must be..."
I will say, with memoir, you must be honest. You must be truthful. Elie Wiesel
I read The Bell Jar, and then I read her memoir and her diaries, and a third book, an outside opinion. Just the way she made the pillows so neat on the oven door. It just seems to be the opposite of, if you're going to take your life, in a horrible rage it happens. Paul Westerberg
Calvin Trillin quote: "I've written three books you could think of as memoirs."
I've written three books you could think of as memoirs. Calvin Trillin
Jim Harrison quote: "I thought, frankly, that it would be more pleasant to write a..."
I thought, frankly, that it would be more pleasant to write a memoir than it was. Jim Harrison
The great thing about being a print journalist is that you are permitted to duck. Cameramen get killed while the writers are flat on the floor. A war correspondent for the BBC dedicated his memoir to 50 fallen colleagues, and I guarantee you they were all taking pictures. I am only alive because I am such a chicken. P. J. O'Rourke
One of the most challenging aspects of writing a memoir is finding your own voice, and you should be very careful about being influenced by someone else's voice. Jeannette Walls
With the marketing pressures driving the book world today, it's much easier to get the author of a memoir on a television show than a serious novelist. David Halberstam
My book 'Trust Your Heart', which is the story of my life, will be followed by 'Singing Lessons', a memoir of love, loss, hope, and healing, which talks about the death of my son and the hope that has been the aftermath of the healing from that tragedy. Judy Collins
William J. Clinton quote: "A lot of presidential memoirs, they say, are dull and..."
A lot of presidential memoirs, they say, are dull and self-serving. I hope mine is interesting and self-serving. William J. Clinton
In the writing of memoirs, as in the production of shows, too much caution causes the audience to nod and think of other channels. Gerald Clarke

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