Best Memoir Quotes

"This new book, 'An Appetite for Wonder,' the subtitle is 'The Making of a Scientist,' it is a memoir of the first half of my life, up to the age of 35."

"The book is called 'Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing,' and the big terrible thing is, of course, your struggles with addiction."

"My favorite book of all 2021... 'Know My Name' by Chanel Miller."

"Reading her perspective was enlightening, devastating, and vulnerable."

"Not all of it was good, but most of it was memorable, and really, that's what this story is about."

"Thank God for Anne Bancroft, who Duke describes as the saving grace in her memoir."

"Persepolis is a graphic memoir about Mahjong Satrapi's life as she was growing up in Iran during the Iranian revolution."

"Absolutely heartbreaking and soul-bearing Memoir about abuse in a queer relationship."

"This was such a good memoir, highly recommend."

"I am going to cherish getting to draw the most devastated man in the world probably for the rest of my days."

"He recounts in his memoir of green lights: 'The hair loss got so bad that he decided to shave his head.'"

"Harry's memoirs are an ace in Megan's sleeve."

"The most candid and caustic Royal Memoir ever written."

"My story is only my story from my perspective, and I just tried my best to understand it from a compassionate perspective."

"Writing a memoir and putting your story out into the world is a nerve-racking act."

"He's writing from memory; he began as a Navy SEAL Sniper with deployments around the world before long he proved himself to be an elite among the elites."

"In this groundbreaking best-selling graphic memoir, Allison Bechdel charts her fraught relationship with her late father."

"Stanley lived an amazing life and he has one hell of an amazing story."

"I've spent a long time writing an ongoing story about REE because I wanted the world to see just how amazing warm talented creative beautiful and loving she was in life."

"Dear Edward smoke but don't smoke too much Xeno Davidoff and the date and that's the box I think I've told you the story I'll say it again though I promised him I said I will not smoke too much I will smoke one every year."

"What could go wrong? Well, this is where it began for me." - Gabriel Brown

"The first secret was revealed by Lucia in her memoir to be a vision of hell."

"It was incredibly frustrating to read through her entire Memoir and see that she was constructing a world view based on something she like literally just didn't understand."

"I think this is the best written celebrity memoir I've ever read."

"Things We Left Behind: childhood friends to enemies to lovers, heartbreaking backstory."

"I'm Glad My Mom Died: raw and honest memoir, impactful writing style."

"It's actually a really good book, Faith of My Fathers, John McCain's autobiography and memoir."

"I started thinking about what if I wrote a book about my experiences in evangelicalism because I was really starting to reckon with how it had hurt me."

"This is my little memoir, my first love letter to myself."

"I was raised by animals; my memoirs gonna be a Jungle Book."

"It was late spring in 1995 and I was seven years old at the time."

"I need to write a memoir called 'Day One.' Who's gonna start a diet today and look what happened?"

"The New York Times calls the book a remarkable new Memoir and a fulfillment of Amos's own abundant talents as a writer."

"Poitier considered his childhood on Cat Island idyllic."

"John Stamos wrote his memoir called 'If You Would Have Told Me' and he's mentioning it all: divorce, his journey to sobriety, his time on Full House."

"I felt that this was certainly one of the most powerful Memoirs I've ever read."

"It wasn't until Jennifer decided that she would finally write a book about her idyllic childhood growing up with her father, recounting the beautiful memory she had of him and his perfect marriage to Barbara Harris, that Diane agreed to write Dear Carrie."

"The title of my memoirs I'm trying to write is 'Mathematics, Common Sense, and Good Luck'."

"Meanwhile, his alter ego has written his memoir, 'Confessions of a Late-Night Talk-Show Host: The Autobiography of Larry Sanders.'"

"Although they were doomed to a heartbreaking end, Priscilla never forgot about Elvis. What she wrote in her memoir was devastating and unforgettable."

"Her memoir was more than just a trip down memory lane; it was a form of healing, a way to process the past."

"amy dresner's book my fair junkie i mean i'm not a girl i'm not a sex addict i am not a method like i i can't relate to any of her stuff and yet that's the most relatable um you know drug memoir for me"

"This Audiobook is amazing. I don't think I've read a single Memoir this entire year, but this one hooked me from the second that I started listening to it."

"In the years following, Onoda returned to Japan and wrote a book called No Surrender: My Thirty-Year War."

"...Ronnie ended up remarrying, having kids, and releasing her memoir..."

"I think out of most that we've looked at the Memoir the book challenge is more relevant than ever."

"I think rough draft is a great name for a memoir."

"Dan is now in the process of writing a book about his story and is signed on to make a Hollywood movie about the events that unfolded."

"A memoir by one of The Heirs to the Madden shoe Empire."

"The author recounts the experience as part of the New Zealand-based team attempting to summit Mount Everest."

"it was kind of a cathartic experience going through the book and pouring my soul out to what my life was like and what I what I'd gone through"

"This book is called 'Where do I begin: Stories I sort of remember from a life lived out loud.'"

"Former Nickelodeon star Janette Mccardy recently opened up about her own abusive stage mother in her memoir."

"I wrote this book because I wanted my daughter to know a little bit about my life."

"The best war Memoirs are those that feel honest and appear to be written as a cathartic process rather than for a specific audience."

"...I loved this book so much I've never loved a memoir this way."

"That's a whole new journey. I'm writing a book now and I'm talking about my childhood and that's really bringing up stuff."

"We had someone on who created a lot of conversation. We had Jada Pinkett Smith on to discuss her memoir and she talked all about her relationship with Will Smith."

"In 2022 Berenyi would release her biography titled Fingers Crossed: how music saved me from success which chronicled her life."

"Reflecting on this nearly half a century later in his Memoir 'The Day Gone By', Adams would explain: 'It is hard to find any appropriate way in which to write about this experience...'"

"The thing is, when you read a memoir, you're basically getting a life lessons cheat sheet for your own life."

"Buck chronicled his remarkable life journey in the memoir 'Call of Duty: My Life Before, During, and After the Band of Brothers,' co-authored with Marcus Brotherton."

"I love Z-Way. I think she's funny, smart, and I love her. I wish that 'Black Friend' was more memoir and less philosophizing about obvious political stances."

"My best-selling memoir, 'Dying to Be Me,' chronicles her profound journey and miraculous healing."

"Reading your book is really an incredible account of your experiences."

"According to Doug Luman's book My days with the doors and Other Stories in the book he recounts his time with the band and Other Stories from his long music career."

"This book is a memoir of your life experiences, an accumulation of all of the wisdom that you've learned from different teachers."

"Sarah Crystal's daughter is a very successful author she wrote A Memoir about her life with her mother before the murder and her life after the murder"

"Next up we have Emily Ratajkowski, 'My Body.' This is another like nonfiction, this is a collection of essays, remember, and this is about Emily Ratajkowski writing about her body. It was such a powerful book."

"I'm writing a book now about my friendship with Ry."

"To express the Hinduja family's struggle with grief and the criminal justice system in the years that followed Annie's murder, Vinod Hindocha wrote a book titled 'Annie Dewani: A Father's Story.'"

"I hope that with this book it is my goal in writing it just to be able to tell my own story and hopefully it will help anyone who is still in that system to see how damaging and how harmful it truly is."

"In her illuminating memoir, 'Play and Possum,' Nancy Jones invites readers to delve deep into the intricate tapestry of their years together, offering a nuanced and intimate portrayal of the country music icon."

"My mom always told me that everybody would make the documentary but she said I don't know if anybody's going to write a book about it so you should take notes and write a book."

"It's called 'The official title, it's Steve Gorman Hard to Handle: The Life and Death of the Black Crowes and Memoir.'"

"The resistance that you feel, I think to writing a memoir, the voice in your head says, 'Who's going to give a fuck about your stupid stories?'"

"Tracy will discuss her memoir 'The Unexpected Spy' from the CIA to the FBI, my secret life taking down some of the world's most notorious terrorists."

"But I loved writing M Train, and now this book is probably my most irresponsible memoir. Because M Train was 80 percent true or 90 percent true, with some fantasy woven in, and this is sort of questionable."

"...such a crazy memoir, I highly recommend."

"I'm not stealing my own autobiography memoir books for my release. It bought two novels to take back to Baltimore to sell it buy more heroin because I have that disease."

"We be back we'll be telling these stories but there's [ __ ] a lot put it in a book."

"In the Umbrella Academy, Vanya earned the ire of her family by writing a tell-all autobiography about her life growing up with Sir Reginald and her adopted siblings."

"I have no doubt her Memoir will have a similar impact and will be the publishing event of the year."

"I feel like you have to wait to write a memoir until you're old."

"Hi, I'm Lisa from Turkey and this is the crazy story of how losing my memory made me a wealthy billionaire."

"Jada is trying to promote her Memoir titled 'Worthy,' described as a gripping, at times painfully honest, and ultimately inspirational Memoir."

"So legitimate kid is the book. It's a memoir, and I decided to write a book of essays about my life."

"It's not your typical playbook for a veteran for a memoir, it digs into stuff and I question some of it."

"Jackie Speier's new memoir 'Undaunted' reveals the perseverance of a determined force in American politics."

"I had always been an insignificant part of her life and I know that I was okay with only being a footnote in her story"

"According to his memoirs, Vasily first learned about Major Konings after the Red Army captured a German soldier and interrogated him."

"Her level of perseverance shows her resilience and the hopefulness of this Memoir."

"I realized that I absolutely had to tell my story. It was sort of... something I had to do."

"I wanted the reader to really see what a mess I was."

"The book's called 'Pressure: A Memoir' by Eric Canori. It's available on Amazon."

"Paris Hilton is ready to share her journey to Icon status and a billion dollar Empire in her new Memoir."

"You have got to write this memoir."

"He witnessed a lot of really memorable races over the years and has lots of stories to tell about the riders themselves and the behind the scenes of the world championship."

"One of the best Memoirs is very close to reality."

"Deliver that couched in entertaining, evocative, emotional anecdotes and readers will not only stay with you to the last page, but they'll also recommend your memoir to others."

"The most powerful, effective memoirs get close to the bone and avoid glossing over the truth."

"Your memoir must be theme oriented, replete with stories from your life that buttress your theme."

"I bought two books from them: this memoir called Untamed, it's about a woman who realizes that she's gay and I just felt like that was a little bit relevant to some shit that has been going on in my personal life."

"The art of memoir demonstrates her skills both as a storyteller and as a teacher as she takes her readers on a journey through the exhilarating and agonizing process of composing a good memoir."

"What I do when I write a memoir is what anybody who leads an examined life does."

"I am most excited for Jeanette McCurdy's Memoir, I think it's going to be incredible."

"I am writing my Memoirs for my own edification and therefore setting down those things which interested me particularly at the time."

"It is the story of the men who worked the waterfront as remembered from someone who witnessed and took part in these events as a young man."

"The power of memoir is the power of subjective truth."

"Everything is everything: A Memoir of love, hate, and hope."

"...Tyra Westover and her memoir educated are both exceptions and exceptional."

"Educated is powerful, moving, brave in its revelation of profound humiliations and also in its admission of love for community and background many of her readers might dismiss."

"It's the new memoir by Jeanette McCurdy."

"She talks about a lot of really intense subjects here."

"Growing closer with each other, their story together is recounted in a book titled 'Maul: Lessons Learned From a Grizzly Bear Attack'."

"I write this memoir as a warning against those who wish malice against humanity."

"I write this account with a heavy heart, a tale born from the shadows of a mission that blurred the lines between beauty and the haunting specters of war."

"Everything contained in this little book is true and written just like it was."

"I prefer my memoirs to be like half and half, personal anecdotes and stories and experiences, and then 50% on a topic, information, knowledge, like sharing something about a topic."

"It was equal parts educational and personal memoir stuff."

"Their memoirs allowed them the chance to reclaim their own stories, to finally tell their life and their experiences through their own perspectives."

"Laura Ingalls Wilder’s childhood was a vivid picture in her memory. She remembered a time of strong family ties, the rugged pioneer life on the prairie, moving from place to place, the friends she made, her schooldays, and the many activities that kept her busy."

"Listening to Frank McCourt tell his own life story is an absolute treat."

"It was fun, man. It was fun and I get to play all the stories in the book, I perform, I tell them at dinner parties, I tell them around the campfire."

"Her life's journey from drug queen pin to evangelist has been documented in her memoir 'Queen Pin'."

"It's been such a roller coaster, and one day we're gonna write a book."

"The reason I wrote 'White Like Me' the way that I wrote it as a memoir, I just wanted to tell stories."

"Memoirs are personal history, but when a memoir is written by a distinguished historian, the lens is widened to include arresting facts."

"Thank you so much for taking the time to discuss your memoir, 'The Meaning of Mariah Carey'."

"I'm about to write a whole memoir, they gave me a memoir desk."

"She's the best-selling author of 'A Serial Killer's Daughter: My Story of Faith, Love, and Overcoming'."

"This book once in a while there are Memoirs that really really just change you and this is this is that one for me."

"Kitchen Confidential is an unflinchingly honest portrait of what it's like working in a kitchen."

"When breath becomes air, it's a memoir written by a doctor who was dying of cancer."

"All Boys Aren't Blue: A Memoir Manifesto by George M. Johnson... it also parallels my own childhood and coming of age growing up as a gay man in this country."

"A memoir is about a slice of life; it's not your whole life from beginning to the present day."

"Decide on your purpose in writing this memoir."

"Spending his remaining days on Saint Helena, Napoleon wrote his memoirs, glorifying himself as a liberator and tortured genius who was now being persecuted for his beliefs."

"This book is just a collection of all my thoughts and all my memories and just things that help me introspect and reflect on my own life."

"I started writing things down for an eventual memoir; I've got some interesting stories and upbringing."

"Transform, which is my memoir on my life story, got picked up by a major studio to be a film."

"What is the name of Michelle Obama's Memoir? Becoming, yeah."

"It's time that I finally sit down now, after these years, and write my story."

"Somebody on the memoir team has great gifts for heart-tugging drama."

"We were too busy living it to have time to sit down and write about it."

"Good memoirs are usually about personal challenges."

"Authenticity is absolutely important in a memoir."

"I have told the story of my ordeal in a recently published book entitled 'With God in Russia'."

"Writing Memoir is about telling the truth."

"I remember liking that book in school, 'Into the Wild'."

"When I started my journal of the 1961 season, I had no idea it would end up as it did: a dream season I'll never forget."

"This memoir allowed other people to start coming forward."

"J.D. Vance's powerful memoir offers a window into one family's personal journey of survival and triumph."

"It's not a straightforward celeb autobiography... it's a memoir heavily based on my teenage and childhood years, with a preoccupation with masculinity and how boys are supposed to be."

"His Memoir, for all its cynicism and bitterness, is devoid of self-pity."

"Everything that happened is a chapter in my book."

"I think that as a memoir about someone dealing with that trauma and kind of making bold choices for themselves and for their family in light of that trauma."

"Through expressive writing, readers are given an intimate look into Sally's journey of self-discovery as she revisits painful memories from her complex past."

"She has a new book that's titled 'Heartstrings', which chronicles with great insight her personal journey."

"It is a memoir to challenge the popular notion of Bundy as a handsome killer who charmed his victims into trusting him."

"Hilarious and awkward is actually not a bad memoir title."

"We're coming back to the Irvine Improv... it'll be a tragicomic multimedia memoir stage show extravaganza."

"It's almost like, you guys are the people who felt like continuing to read my diary for that many years, and that's so great."

"I'm writing this as a memoir of what happened while it's still fresh in my mind."

"I think also the greatest graphic novel that we could probably all agree on, Maus, is not a novel; it's a non-fiction memoir."

"Fourth wi is a book that will always hold a very special place in my heart."

"This book will be like a time capsule."

"After I retired, I decided to write for my children and grandchildren about the heritage and how we survived the war."

"When Breath Becomes Air. It's by Paul Kalanithi. And this is a memoir about this neurosurgeon dealing with the brain and dealing with the issues of life and death and meaningfulness."

"The purpose of the memoir was to tell his life story, share the true story of the Crips, and warn young people about the dangers of gang life."

"It's my cookbook memoir, 'Things My Grandma Told Me, Things My Grandma Showed Me'."

"This book was so gripping, it's one of those types of memoirs where it's just so hard to insert yourself in her shoes."

"I'm glad I held on to it because that was one of the most gripping memoirs I've ever read."

"She's an artist member of the Carmel Art Association and is the author of the inspirational memoir, Drinking from a Cold Spring, a little book of hope."

"I am an advocate for OCD, in particular the community named pure OCD, which is the name of my memoir."

"This book has been a labor of love, and reliving everything has been exciting, heart-wrenching, and emotional to say the least."

"I highly recommend it, Truman Capote, A Christmas Memory."

"The girl I was at 19 and 20 felt so alone and so isolated, and that's really what made me want to write this book."

"He remains busy even penning a memoir titled 'Tiger King: The Official Tell-All Memoir from Behind Bars'."

"This wasn't just sort of from my memory onto the page. I really tried to make it a family memoir in that sense."

"After his ordeal was over, Henri wrote the book, Papillon, which detailed his experiences."

"The Glass Castle has been something of the gold standard for Memoirs."

"I'll keep fingers crossed and eyes peeled for that memoir eventually."

"Don't forget my book, it's called For Fact's Sake."

"This is such a beautiful memoir and non-fiction book about grief and about loss and about mother and daughter relationships."

"It's a collective memoir expansive in scope, essentially a cosmic love story."

"It's so fun... reminds me of when I read Amy Poehler's memoir."

"Favorite book: 'The Glass Castle' by Jeannette Walls."

"Made is an emotionally raw and powerful first-hand account of Stephanie's years spent as a maid in service to upper middle class America."

"God willing, I will write in the near future, a way behind the scenes memoir of all the untold stories of all the shocking situations I've been through in this crazy business I've been in low these many years."

"Let's say you wanted to come out with a memoir of your life, I would write up maybe a couple of paragraphs or a couple of pages and let you read it and see if you like it."

"Remember where the journey started, that little five pages; that's where the journey started."

"I'm obsessed with him after finishing his memoir."

"My advice is to get your facts straight, otherwise you may well find your memoirs being reviewed as romantic fiction."

"This book covers the first 10 years of our relationship, from meeting as 22-year-olds in a tiny box office in the East Village, all the way to married people living in the woods."

"It's a heck of funny and touching memoir called the first 10 years."

"I write this in the hope that my dear friends will one day find this book."

"It's a memoir of my hunt, so it's about my childhood, my family life, things like that."

"This poignant account of Grandma Rose's passing due to COVID is in that chapter."

"I call my book 'Through the Valley of the Kwai'."