“No one grows up thinking they want to be a ghostwriter. No one plans on that job.” ThinkingWantJobsGrowsGrowing UpPlans Author:Hilary Liftin
“I think people dismiss celebrity memoirs as unreal, contrived and maybe partially made up. But that's definitely not true for anything that I write.” PeopleThinkingWritingMadeMemoirUnreal Author:Hilary Liftin
“Lizzie Pepper is pure fiction! The character is pulled from tabloids. But I think we all look at celebrity marriages and invest in them.” ThinkingLooksCharacterFictionPureTabloidsPeppers Author:Hilary Liftin
“I think one of the big things that's come out of ghostwriting for me is real compassion for the complexity of fame.” ThinkingRealBigsCompassionFameComplexityBig Things Author:Hilary Liftin
“I think that the celebrity memoir as a genre is looked upon as a lesser form. One of my missions as a ghostwriter has been to elevate that form. Maybe that sounds pretentious!” ThinkingHas BeensFormSoundMissionsMemoirGenrePretentiousGenre Is Author:Hilary Liftin
“I don't think you can take a whole genre of very popular books and say, "This is all trash!" When we read a memoir that isn't by a celebrity, we feel like we're about to go on a journey and we don't know where the journey will lead. But when we read a memoir by a celebrity we feel like we already know the journey and we just want to travel it.” ThinkingKnowsWantFeelsBookWholeJourneyGoes OnMemoirGenreTrashVery PopularWant To TravelPopular Book Author:Hilary Liftin
