“I'm very detail oriented. I think that's why people enjoy my memoirs - because I tend to remember everything.” PeopleThinkingRememberEnjoyDetailsMemoirRemembers Everything Author:Jen Lancaster
“People really want to believe that there is no fiction. I think they find it much easier to imagine that novelists are writing memoirs, writing about their lives, because it's difficult to conceive that there's a great imaginary life in which you can participate.” PeopleThinkingWantWritingBelieveDifficultFictionImagineEasierMemoirNovelistsImaginaryImagine ThatImaginary Life Author:Mark Leyner
“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
“People think that because a novel's invented, it isn't true. Exactly the reverse is the case. Biography and memoirs can never be wholly true, since they cannot include every conceivable circumstance of what happened. The novel can do that.” PeopleThinkingCan DoCasesNovelHappenedCircumstancesMemoirReverseBiographies Book:Hearing Secret Harmonies: Book 12 of A Dance to the Music of Time Source: Hearing Secret Harmonies: Book 12 of A Dance to the Music of Time