I review books as a day job, and through the years I've come to view the contemporary memoir as, almost always, a saga of victimization, sometimes by others, sometimes by the self, and sometimes by illness or misfortune, leading, like clockwork, to healing and redemption.
Walter Kirn
Related I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES I'm a novelist, editor, short story writer. I also teach, and I freelance sometimes as an arts c... NALO HOPKINSON Sometimes animal exercises can help you get in touch with parts of yourself that you don't acces... JORDAN GAVARIS We sang the song as children of the mystery that we hoped to one day comprehend and now, at last, we... MISHI MCCOY For years I had lived in my body half-consciously, ignoring it mostly, dismissing its agendas wherev... RACHEL CUSK Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as signifi... DALAI LAMA Sometimes, when I want to make a big decision, I'll think it through, but run it by him. He almost a... LARRY APPLE Truth is irrelevant. What is relevant is whether or not they believe it." The logic in th... SARAH MACLEAN Want LESS! Need LESS! Live MORE! TANYA MASSE "Your life is like a sun. Sometimes people come in front of you(lunar eclipse) and sometimes people ... SAMEER BHAGI I'm not religious, I'm not romantic and I live purely by logic. I make every decision by log... LAURA MARLING During my captivity, I sometimes entertained myself by imagining this day. Sometimes, I despaired of... JAMES LONEY I've always written by hand. Mostly with a fountain pen, but sometimes with a pencil - especiall... PAUL AUSTER I often feel like not writing! Sometimes I overcome it by just sitting there until writing happens. ... NANCY PICKARD There are always waves on the water. Sometimes they are big, sometimes they are small, and sometimes... JON KABAT-ZINN Sometimes I'm amazed by how much you can do as a photographer. SAUL LEITER Beauty fades, but knowledge is eternal ANDREW FAIRCHILD I do listen to myself sometimes and think, 'Is my moral compass so easily swayed by the characte... ANDY SERKIS I think of it as the lasagna approach to writing because I'm always adding layers. I'll some... CHELSEA CAIN Never underestimate the power of giving a book! CARMELA DUTRA Abstract conversations are my favourite, for they unviel true convictions. PARUL WADHWA Hearing is a form of touch. I hear it through the body, by opening myself up. Sometimes it almost hi... EVELYN GLENNIE I think I've always been half out of my shell and half in. Sometimes I can be extremely wild and... EMILE HIRSCH We are hell different but vanity keeps us stuck. PARUL WADHWA Read what you like, not what you’re told to like. That way you’ll read for a lifetime. CAREW PAPRITZ But I also think all of the great stories in literature deal with loneliness. Sometimes it's by ... TOM HANKS Sometimes I hope that through osmosis I might get a workout - just by wearing the clothes. KATE WALSH Part of why Tony is so hard to tackle is that he's a big guy and you don't know what to expect. Some... CHRIS HARRELL I think more people would stay active in church, if they didn't get so offended by the actions of me... SHANNON L. ALDER I have a publishing company of books by me and books of others. It drew people to poetry readings an... VIGGO MORTENSEN I live my life progressing for nothing else but the best. JONATHAN ANTHONY BURKETT Sometimes I'd like to play the bad guy and sometimes I'd like to die in a movie. JACKIE CHAN In our family, we've always been owned by border collies, or dogs of one kind or another, and ha... GARY PAULSEN I just lead my life as naturally, as normally as I possibly can. But I can't help it if controve... AMITABH BACHCHAN I find interesting characters or lessons that resonate with people and sometimes I write about them ... MITCH ALBOM I may have a little bit of a talent for music, but I've learnt to tap into my own self when I wr... NEIL DIAMOND Everyone has a right to cry uncle on a genre every once in awhile. I've done it myself. Sometime... CATHERYNNE M. VALENTE The war on terror, sometimes known as the 'Global War on Terror' or by the clunky acronym GW... PETER L. BERGEN I never thought I was doing the same thing as directors like John Carpenter, George Romero, and some... DAVID CRONENBERG I thought how lovely and how strange a river is. A river is a river, always there, and yet the water... AIDAN CHAMBERS My husband and I click wedding rings sometimes and say, 'By the power of the Castle of Greyskull... TAMORA PIERCE People still question my sobriety, my commitment to the program, and that hurts. I take things day b... TOM ARNOLD It is a strange desire, to seek power and lose liberty, or to seek power over others and to lose pow... FRANCIS BACON That young girl is one of the least benightedly unintelligent organic life forms it has been my prof... , _LIFE, THE UNIVERSE, AND EVERYTHING_ BY DOUGLAS ADAMS I'm not an artist, and I want to take risks, and when the possibility of failure occurs, it'... PETER MORGAN When I was younger, I behaved a bit strangely sometimes - lost my temper, did silly things - but lit... ALAIN DUCASSE Sometimes I am happy and sometimes not. I am, after all, a human being, you know. And I am glad that... YOKO ONO I don't think of myself as a critic at all. I'm a reviewer and essayist. I mainly hope to sh... MICHAEL DIRDA The act of writing is a way of tricking yourself into revealing something that you would never consc... CHUCK PALAHNIUK I think 'Shoe Dog' by Phil Knight is the best memoir I've ever read by a business person... BRAD FELD Sometimes at night, when I leave and ride by the front of the White House and the lights are on, it ... HAMILTON JORDAN As a policymaker, as a public servant, I come to Washington, D.C., and I make difficult decisions an... JON TESTER You know, sometimes I feel well and vital in the world, and sometimes I just feel so distressed I wa... SHARON STONE We are the books we read and the things we love. CATH CROWLEY You should give up sarcasm. People could get the wrong idea about you. MICHAEL PRYOR I know exactly who I am, what I'm about and who I will become. EMMA PAUL It is better to grope in the dark and wade through a million errors to reach the Truth than to entru... SUDHIR KAKAR If you argue with a fool, you become a fool. L.A. HILDEN Everyday is another chance to do something great. EMMA PAUL You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm! COLETTE there are moments when one has to choose between living one's own life, fully, entirely, completely ... OSCAR WILDE I think you can tell when you meet someone whether they read novels. There's some hollowness if they... PHILIP HENSHER Always be true to your friends, just as you are to yourself. MEG CABOT I have this feeling, like I'm waiting for something. But I have no idea what. JENNIFER NIVEN 2.5.03.02.005: Generally speaking, if you fiddle with something, it will break. Don't. JASPER FFORDE I'm about to do something very clever and a tiny bit against the rules of the universe. It's importa... TOMMY DONBAVAND My father was never around. It was almost as if he didn't exist. I would tell my friends he was ... DANNY AIELLO An investigation by msnbc.com shows that the CDC routinely takes as long as a month - and sometimes ... BILL DEDMAN Sometimes we get through adversity only by imagining what the world might be like if our dreams shou... ARTHUR GOLDEN Your damned nonsense can I stand twice or once, but sometimes always, by God, never. HANS RICHTER I sometimes read on the subway, but I'm a hopeless eavesdropper and get easily distracted by str... J. COURTNEY SULLIVAN As a mother, I work hard every day and I expect that work to be recognized and appreciated. Because ... MARGARET HEFFERNAN I am sometimes asked to name my favourite books. The list changes, depending on my mood, the year, t... MOHSIN HAMID Sometimes I go to movies, and it's just a bombardment, and I'm not entertained by them - I... PARKER POSEY First off, I?m a builder. And I see the foundation put in place by (recently fired Kings G.M.) Dave ... DEAN LOMBARDI Sometimes, Chelsea, I wonder, how you get by from day to day. It's a good thing you're so voluptuous... CHELSEA HANDLER It is not always enough to be forgiven by others. Sometimes you have to learn to forgive yourself. UNKNOWN Definitely, the best in the world miss sometimes. You're always trying to go for it and go big and g... JANA LINDSEY I'm vaguely embarrassed by myself sometimes. TOM STOPPARD Her joke of a name aside, her general unprettiness aside, she was, in terms of permanently memorable... J.D. SALINGER I'm sometimes mystified by people who keep diaries. I never thought of my existence as being tha... SAUL LEITER I like to be as positive and as peaceful as possible, but reality says, you know, sometimes you get ... MUSIQ SOULCHILD And sooner is preferable to later, ... by fall, depending on the issues, it can almost be too late s... KAREN SMITH I compose most of my tweets with care, as if they were aphorisms - they are not usually dashed-off. ... JOYCE CAROL OATES Sometimes it was something like the birth of a new child in the home. Sometimes it was illness of a ... PHILIP SMITH Sometimes movie-making happens like clockwork; other times, like a car accident. ERIC ROBERTS Sometimes I'm happy - you can tell via Twitter. Sometimes I'm pissed off - you can tell via ... WALE I believe that one version of the good in life can be defined by the moments I sometimes had playing... ATUL GAWANDE I've always loved books by the Bronte sisters. I love Jane Austen, too. I'm more influenced ... LAURA MARLING I do write songs with a political dimension to them sometimes, but I'm always slightly appalled ... JARVIS COCKER Sometimes you'd come up against a brick wall... or sometimes you go into a fill and you'd kn... JOHN BONHAM People have always heard voices. Sometimes they're called shamans, sometimes they're called ... RUTH OZEKI We should not blame people by the mistakes of others. DANIEL MELGAçO Im sure now that grieving and healing are the same thing sometimes, and magic and death are the sa... JORJA FOX The old grey donkey, Eeyore stood by himself in a thistly corner of the Forest, his front feet well ... A.A. MILNE Sometimes it seems as if writing a group of songs is like getting groceries, or doing the laundry—... DAVID BYRNE Sometimes I don't like the books that I'm reading. CHARLIE KAUFMAN Entrepreneur, you're either raising the bar of excellence or, you're exhaling at the bar which is ex... ONYI ANYADO You never think about what life's going to be like five years down the road or 10 - you just go ... JACK HARBAUGH Serving my generation with excellence will in turn mean my generation can lead, with excellence. ONYI ANYADO
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