How to Write a Memoir

"I had no idea if I was going to write something interesting or relevant," he says. "But at the very least I knew I could aspire to do two things, to be as honest as I possibly could and to make each chapter something that would hopefully hold up as a barroom anecdote" The book that inspired him the most was John Cheever's memoirs: "It really is an amazing piece of writing the journals of John Cheever"