Andrea Hirata
Andrea Hirata

I think writers of memoirs need to be respected for the bold decision they take to bare their lives open. That alone should be enough. The things I write about, if you notice, are sensitive issues for a lot of people. If I told you my age, they would get ideas. The next thing you know they'll be filing lawsuits against me.

Andrew Rosenthal
Andrew Rosenthal

Charles Blow's memoir 'Fire Shut Up in My Bones' was a breathtaking piece of writing.

Andy Hertzfeld
Andy Hertzfeld

We were developing an innovative Personal Information Manager called Chandler but a couple years ago I took off from that to do a project writing down my memoirs essentially, reminiscing about the development of the Macintosh.

Anne Fadiman
Anne Fadiman

I always wanted to be a writer, and I did want to be a novelist. In college I took a couple of classes that taught me I would never be a novelist. I discovered I had no imagination. My short stories were always thinly veiled memoir.

Annie Golden
Annie Golden

If I wrote a memoir, it would be like 'A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.'

Arthur Phillips
Arthur Phillips

The memoir industry is, what's the word? Under regulated. I think it needs to be pruned. If there are too many books right now and the market for readers is shrinking, I think we can get rid of many of the memoirs. Another memoir should be awfully well justified before it gets published.

Arthur Phillips
Arthur Phillips

Fiction isn't memoir and memoir isn't fiction.

Ashley Graham
Ashley Graham

What better time to write a memoir than the big 3-0?

Ayelet Waldman
Ayelet Waldman

Where would the memoir be without bipolar writers? I mean, that's what - that whole oversharing thing is really a very clear symptom of bipolar disorder. And I'm not saying that every, you know, I'm not accusing every memoirist of being bipolar. But I think in a way it's kind of a gift.

Carrie Fisher
Carrie Fisher

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.