“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.” ThinkingCertainMemoriesDegreesMemoirContractsOur Memories Author:David Leavitt
“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.” StillsWantedMemoriesPerspectiveMemoirSubjectiveFactual Author:Cheryl Strayed
“It's beyond the grasp of anyone's memory to recall conversations in kind of [memoir] detail. So it's fake. It's all made up.” KindMadeMemoriesConversationDetailsMemoirFakeRecalls Author:Paul Auster
“Moments fly, memories remain; and then memories fly, only memoirs remain and finally memoirs disappear, nothing remains!” MomentsMemoriesRemainsDisappearMemoir Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan
“Memoir is a weird genre for a reporter. You end up investigating your own memories, reporting out your past.” EndsPastMemoriesMemoirGenreReportersOur PastYour PastInvestigating Author:William Finnegan
“I keep thinking my father gave me Turgenev, and then I realize at some point, Oh, this is a false memory. I mean, that's one of the things that interests me about memoir. It should be as much about how we remember, and that includes false memories, and the realization that one is having a false memory. That's the kind of an interesting way of layering the whole experience of recollection.” ThinkingWayShouldKindMeanWholeRememberFatherInterestRealizingMemoriesInterestingMemoirRealizationRecollectionInteresting Ways Author:Marco Roth
“By calling it a memoir, I meant is as a collection of memories. I thought it was (a more) artful (title) than documentary.” MemoriesCallingMemoirTitlesCollectionsDocumentaries Author:Natalie Merchant