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Memoir Quotes

Memoir is trustworthy and its truth assured when it seeks the relation of self to time, the piecing of the shards of personal experience into the starscape of history’s night. The materials of memoir are humble, fugitive, a cottage knitting industry seeking narrative truth across the crevasse of time as autobiography folds itself into the vast, fluid essay that is history. A single voice singing its aria in a corner of the crowded world Picture Quote #1

I believe that the memoir is the novel of the 21st century; it’s an amazing form that we haven’t even begun to tap…we’re just getting started figuring out what the rules are Picture Quote #1

I don’t know where the idea originated that memoir writing is cathartic. For me, its always felt like playing my own neurosurgeon, sans anesthesia. As a memoirist, you have to crack your head open and examine every uncomfortable thing in there Picture Quote #1

I often wonder if you wrote your memoir today, if your life story would be lived on the edge of possibility, if you held wonder in one hand and courage in the other and truly believed that anything was possible Picture Quote #1

The materials of true poetry are always humble, absolutely idiosyncratic, the autobiographical tatters that, in gifted hands, are made into the memoir that fits us all Picture Quote #1

The current memoir craze has fostered the belief that confession is therapeutic, that therapy is redemptive and that redemption equals art, and it has encouraged the delusion that candor, daring and shamelessness are substitutes for craft, that the exposed life is the same thing as an examined one Picture Quote #1

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The failures of other genres to provide an emotional connection with some of their characters and narratives gives memoir a toehold Picture Quote #1

A memoir is always the most authentic telling of a situation, but a novel gets to different places Picture Quote #1

I thought, frankly, that it would be more pleasant to write a memoir than it was Picture Quote #1

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

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

I think many people need, even require, a narrative version of their life. I seem to be one of them. Writing memoir is, in some ways, a work of wholeness Picture Quote #1

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Now I say I'm a diarist with an explanation I'll get back to you on. Someday I may try and write in memoir form Picture Quote #1

Before I'm a writer, I'm definitely a reader and when I read memoir, I really want it to be true Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

When anybody starts out with a memoir, you get the impulse to tell your own story with your own voice, and you get all that out in one fell swoop sometimes Picture Quote #1

Memoir is a weird genre for a reporter. You end up investigating your own memories, reporting out your past Picture Quote #1

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

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Fiction and poetry expose intimate things from a person’s life every bit as much as memoir does, and sometimes more. I don’t quite see or live the distinction you are making about the forms Picture Quote #1

What a lurid life Oscar Wilde does lead - so full of extraordinary incidents. What a chance for the memoir writers of the next century Picture Quote #1

Former president George W. Bush released his new memoir. By the way, ‘memoir’ is just a fancy word for ‘a bunch of stuff that happened to me Picture Quote #1

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

I could have written a misery memoir and instead I tried to make it funny. I never complained Picture Quote #1

I had a very high-grade publisher tell me I was incapable of writing a memoir Picture Quote #1

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My memoir is about my time in film and the decision to leave Hollywood, grow up, and stop pretending Picture Quote #1

In a memoir, I think, the contract implies a certain degree of truth. I think you have to be as true to your memory and your experience as you possibly can Picture Quote #1

I didn’t find this memoir of these two eccentric people so different from doing my memoirs of De Sade or Simone Weil. My parents in their own way are as odd as Sade Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

The difference between memoir and autobiography, as far as I see it, is that a memoir is there primarily to tell one particular story, whereas an autobiography tries to be a full account of a life Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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Memoir is trustworthy and its truth assured when it seeks the relation of self to time, the piecing of the shards of personal experience into the starscape of history’s night. The materials of memoir are humble, fugitive, a cottage knitting industry seeking narrative truth across the crevasse of time as autobiography folds itself into the vast, fluid essay that is history. A single voice singing its aria in a corner of the crowded world (Memoir Quotes) I believe that the memoir is the novel of the 21st century; it’s an amazing form that we haven’t even begun to tap…we’re just getting started figuring out what the rules are (Memoir Quotes) I don’t know where the idea originated that memoir writing is cathartic. For me, its always felt like playing my own neurosurgeon, sans anesthesia. As a memoirist, you have to crack your head open and examine every uncomfortable thing in there (Memoir Quotes) I often wonder if you wrote your memoir today, if your life story would be lived on the edge of possibility, if you held wonder in one hand and courage in the other and truly believed that anything was possible (Memoir Quotes) The materials of true poetry are always humble, absolutely idiosyncratic, the autobiographical tatters that, in gifted hands, are made into the memoir that fits us all (Memoir Quotes) The current memoir craze has fostered the belief that confession is therapeutic, that therapy is redemptive and that redemption equals art, and it has encouraged the delusion that candor, daring and shamelessness are substitutes for craft, that the exposed life is the same thing as an examined one (Memoir Quotes) The failures of other genres to provide an emotional connection with some of their characters and narratives gives memoir a toehold (Memoir Quotes) A memoir is always the most authentic telling of a situation, but a novel gets to different places (Memoir Quotes) I thought, frankly, that it would be more pleasant to write a memoir than it was (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) 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) I think many people need, even require, a narrative version of their life. I seem to be one of them. Writing memoir is, in some ways, a work of wholeness (Memoir Quotes) Now I say I'm a diarist with an explanation I'll get back to you on. Someday I may try and write in memoir form (Memoir Quotes) Before I'm a writer, I'm definitely a reader and when I read memoir, I really want it to be true (Memoir Quotes) 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 (Memoir Quotes) When anybody starts out with a memoir, you get the impulse to tell your own story with your own voice, and you get all that out in one fell swoop sometimes (Memoir Quotes) Memoir is a weird genre for a reporter. You end up investigating your own memories, reporting out your past (Memoir Quotes) Memoir implies the need to reveal something about yourself - to recount your life for educational purposes (Memoir Quotes) Fiction and poetry expose intimate things from a person’s life every bit as much as memoir does, and sometimes more. I don’t quite see or live the distinction you are making about the forms (Memoir Quotes) What a lurid life Oscar Wilde does lead - so full of extraordinary incidents. What a chance for the memoir writers of the next century (Memoir Quotes) Former president George W. Bush released his new memoir. By the way, ‘memoir’ is just a fancy word for ‘a bunch of stuff that happened to me (Memoir Quotes) Bush’s memoir is 512 pages. To be fair, 200 of those pages are just games and puzzles (Memoir Quotes) I could have written a misery memoir and instead I tried to make it funny. I never complained (Memoir Quotes) I had a very high-grade publisher tell me I was incapable of writing a memoir (Memoir Quotes) My memoir is about my time in film and the decision to leave Hollywood, grow up, and stop pretending (Memoir Quotes) In a memoir, I think, the contract implies a certain degree of truth. I think you have to be as true to your memory and your experience as you possibly can (Memoir Quotes) I didn’t find this memoir of these two eccentric people so different from doing my memoirs of De Sade or Simone Weil. My parents in their own way are as odd as Sade (Memoir Quotes) 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 (Memoir Quotes) The difference between memoir and autobiography, as far as I see it, is that a memoir is there primarily to tell one particular story, whereas an autobiography tries to be a full account of a life (Memoir Quotes) 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 (Memoir Quotes)

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