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.

Andrea Hirata

Related Quotes

I think slavery is the next thing to hell. If a person would send another into bondage, he would, it appears to me, be bad enough to send him into hell if he could.

— Harriet Tubman

AnotherAppearsBad

Next thing you know they'll take your thoughts away.

— Dave Mustaine

I think the silences we have on some issues are inductive of the fact that we need to write about them more, but I think there are some issues you have to write in a sensitive way and in a way that respects the reality of the situation. If you can't do that, you should leave them alone.

— Irvine Welsh

I think people who sit around and are always yearning for the next thing are not always the happiest people.

— George Osborne

AlwaysAroundHappiest

There's actually nothing interesting about me except what I write.

— Andrea Barrett

AboutActuallyExcept