“A memoir is an invitation to another person’s privacy.” — Isabel Allende
“To gain your own voice, you have to forget about having it heard.” — Allen Ginsburg
“I don’t know where the idea originated that memoir writing is cathartic. for me, it’s always felt like playing my own neurosurgeon, sans anesthesia. As a memoirist, you have to crack your head open and examine every uncomfortable thing in there.” — Koren Zailckas
