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Memoir Quotes

I’m halfway through Patti Smith’s memoir ‘Just Kids,’ which is heart-stoppingly vivid. It drips with beauty and hope and devastating candour. I don’t want it to end Picture Quote #1

You read so much about the healing power of memoir, but you don’t read about the wounding power it has first. The recollection of past events is not, in and of itself, therapeutic Picture Quote #1

I was enthralled and moved by Azar Nafisi’s account of how she defied, and helped others to defy, radical Islam’s war against women. Her memoir contains important and properly complex reflections about the ravages of theocracy, about thoughtfulness, and about the ordeals of freedom-as well as a stirring account of the pleasures and deepening of consciousness that result from an encounter with great literature and with an inspired teacher Picture Quote #1

The early reviews of Dick Cheney’s memoir have not evaluated the book, but instead have used its publication as an occasion for attacks on Cheney and his record, with general assaults on George W. Bush’s administration thrown in for good measure Picture Quote #1

I love writing both fiction and memoir. Both have unique challenges; bottom line, fiction is hard because you have to come up with the credible, twisty plot, and memoir is hard because you have to say something true and profound, albeit in a funny way Picture Quote #1

You write fiction, you’re writing memoir, and when you’re writing memoir, you’re writing fiction Picture Quote #1

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I wrote a novel. It’s called ‘The Middlesteins.’ It’s fiction. It’s not a memoir. I’m not a spokesperson Picture Quote #1

The problem of the female body is not something that I’ve studied, but my memoir does treat that theme Picture Quote #1

To my surprise, the more I searched about Qi Xiangfu, the more I found of a life lived partly online. He once wrote a short memoir in which he described himself in the third person, with the formality usually reserved for China’s most famous writers Picture Quote #1

Bush’s memoir is 512 pages. To be fair, 200 of those pages are just games and puzzles Picture Quote #1

Memoir implies the need to reveal something about yourself - to recount your life for educational purposes Picture Quote #1

Obviously memoir is subjective truth: It is my memory, my perspective, that’s the beauty. But I still wanted to be as factual as I could Picture Quote #1

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I have always felt a special affinity with V. S. Pritchett. He worked from the ear, primarily, as I do, and he was an all-rounder, writing short stories, novels, memoir, travelogue, critical biography. He lived to be almost 100, and he never stopped, and his work is unified by a great generosity of spirit Picture Quote #1

Bob Dylan wrote in his elliptical memoir, Chronicles: Volume One, he was washed up in the 1980s, no longer a commercial success, and no longer putting out good work Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Cheney’s memoir is not about 9/11, or solely about Bush’s administration, but about his entire life and political career Picture Quote #1

If you’ve traveled independently through Tibet, Brandon Wilson’s Yak Butter Blues will bring back memories...this lively memoir is sure to provide a yak-scented whiff of nostalgia Picture Quote #1

Accuse a person of breaking all Ten Commandments, and you’ve written the promo blurb for the dust cover of his tell-all memoir Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

A memoir forces me to stop and remember carefully. It is an exercise in truth. In a memoir, I look at myself, my life, and the people I love the most in the mirror of the blank screen. In a memoir, feelings are more important than facts, and to write honestly, I have to confront my demons Picture Quote #1

I don’t really think of my essays as being about myself. I know it sounds insane, but I just don’t think of them as a memoir. They’re essays; they’re not an autobiography Picture Quote #1

You read so much about the healing power of memoir, but you don’t read about the wounding power it has first. The recollection of past events is not, in and of itself, therapeutic Picture Quote #1

A serious life, by definition, is a life one reflects on, a life one tries to make sense of and bear witness to. Truth in a memoir is achieved not through a recital of actual events; it is achieved when the reader comes to believe that the writer is working hard to engage with the experience at hand. What happened to the writer is not what matters; what matters is the large sense that the writer is able to make of what happened Picture Quote #1

Memoir... satisfies our need for gossip and intimacy, for testimony and confessional, and in this world of spin, offers a truthful account of what it means to succeed or fail, to love and lose, to break your heart and mend it again Picture Quote #1

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The memoirs I love are all very intense. If you’re going to do a memoir and protect yourself, what the hell’s the point? Just do fiction Picture Quote #1

When it comes to memoir, we want to catch the author in a lie. When we read fiction, we want to catch the author telling the truth Picture Quote #1

A memoir takes some particular threads, some incidents, some experience from a person’s life and gives an account of it Picture Quote #1

I have written a memoir here and there, and that takes its own form of selfishness and courage. However, generally speaking, I have no interest in writing about my own life or intruding in the privacy of those around me Picture Quote #1

If you write memoir, it can’t be about blame or hurt; it has to be creative Picture Quote #1

True memoir is written, like all literature, in an attempt to find not only a self but a world Picture Quote #1

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I’m halfway through Patti Smith’s memoir ‘Just Kids,’ which is heart-stoppingly vivid. It drips with beauty and hope and devastating candour. I don’t want it to end. (Memoir Quotes) You read so much about the healing power of memoir, but you don’t read about the wounding power it has first. The recollection of past events is not, in and of itself, therapeutic. (Memoir Quotes) I was enthralled and moved by Azar Nafisi’s account of how she defied, and helped others to defy, radical Islam’s war against women. Her memoir contains important and properly complex reflections about the ravages of theocracy, about thoughtfulness, and about the ordeals of freedom-as well as a stirring account of the pleasures and deepening of consciousness that result from an encounter with great literature and with an inspired teacher. (Memoir Quotes) The early reviews of Dick Cheney’s memoir have not evaluated the book, but instead have used its publication as an occasion for attacks on Cheney and his record, with general assaults on George W. Bush’s administration thrown in for good measure. (Memoir Quotes) I love writing both fiction and memoir. Both have unique challenges; bottom line, fiction is hard because you have to come up with the credible, twisty plot, and memoir is hard because you have to say something true and profound, albeit in a funny way. (Memoir Quotes) You write fiction, you’re writing memoir, and when you’re writing memoir, you’re writing fiction. (Memoir Quotes) I wrote a novel. It’s called ‘The Middlesteins.’ It’s fiction. It’s not a memoir. I’m not a spokesperson. (Memoir Quotes) The problem of the female body is not something that I’ve studied, but my memoir does treat that theme. (Memoir Quotes) To my surprise, the more I searched about Qi Xiangfu, the more I found of a life lived partly online. He once wrote a short memoir in which he described himself in the third person, with the formality usually reserved for China’s most famous writers. (Memoir Quotes) Bush’s memoir is 512 pages. To be fair, 200 of those pages are just games and puzzles. (Memoir Quotes) Memoir implies the need to reveal something about yourself - to recount your life for educational purposes. (Memoir Quotes) Obviously memoir is subjective truth: It is my memory, my perspective, that’s the beauty. But I still wanted to be as factual as I could. (Memoir Quotes) I have always felt a special affinity with V. S. Pritchett. He worked from the ear, primarily, as I do, and he was an all-rounder, writing short stories, novels, memoir, travelogue, critical biography. He lived to be almost 100, and he never stopped, and his work is unified by a great generosity of spirit. (Memoir Quotes) Bob Dylan wrote in his elliptical memoir, Chronicles: Volume One, he was washed up in the 1980s, no longer a commercial success, and no longer putting out good work. (Memoir Quotes) 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. (Memoir Quotes) Cheney’s memoir is not about 9/11, or solely about Bush’s administration, but about his entire life and political career. (Memoir Quotes) If you’ve traveled independently through Tibet, Brandon Wilson’s Yak Butter Blues will bring back memories...this lively memoir is sure to provide a yak-scented whiff of nostalgia. (Memoir Quotes) Accuse a person of breaking all Ten Commandments, and you’ve written the promo blurb for the dust cover of his tell-all memoir. (Memoir Quotes) 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. (Memoir Quotes) A memoir forces me to stop and remember carefully. It is an exercise in truth. In a memoir, I look at myself, my life, and the people I love the most in the mirror of the blank screen. In a memoir, feelings are more important than facts, and to write honestly, I have to confront my demons. (Memoir Quotes) I don’t really think of my essays as being about myself. I know it sounds insane, but I just don’t think of them as a memoir. They’re essays; they’re not an autobiography. (Memoir Quotes) You read so much about the healing power of memoir, but you don’t read about the wounding power it has first. The recollection of past events is not, in and of itself, therapeutic (Memoir Quotes) A serious life, by definition, is a life one reflects on, a life one tries to make sense of and bear witness to. Truth in a memoir is achieved not through a recital of actual events; it is achieved when the reader comes to believe that the writer is working hard to engage with the experience at hand. What happened to the writer is not what matters; what matters is the large sense that the writer is able to make of what happened (Memoir Quotes) Memoir... satisfies our need for gossip and intimacy, for testimony and confessional, and in this world of spin, offers a truthful account of what it means to succeed or fail, to love and lose, to break your heart and mend it again (Memoir Quotes) The memoirs I love are all very intense. If you’re going to do a memoir and protect yourself, what the hell’s the point? Just do fiction (Memoir Quotes) When it comes to memoir, we want to catch the author in a lie. When we read fiction, we want to catch the author telling the truth (Memoir Quotes) A memoir takes some particular threads, some incidents, some experience from a person’s life and gives an account of it (Memoir Quotes) I have written a memoir here and there, and that takes its own form of selfishness and courage. However, generally speaking, I have no interest in writing about my own life or intruding in the privacy of those around me (Memoir Quotes) If you write memoir, it can’t be about blame or hurt; it has to be creative (Memoir Quotes) True memoir is written, like all literature, in an attempt to find not only a self but a world (Memoir Quotes)

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