We all lose somebody we care about and want to find some comforting way of dealing with it, something that will give us a little closure, a little peace. Mitch Albom Read Quote
Detroit is a place where we’ve had it pretty tough. But there is a generosity here and a well of kindness that goes deep. Mitch Albom Read Quote
Whenever you have two characters in a book, whether it’s a novel or nonfiction, you run the risk that the reader is going to like one more than the other. They’re going to read one chapter and say, ‘I can’t wait to get back to the other guy.’ Mitch Albom Read Quote
I’ve always said I have one skill. That skill – if I have it at all – is storytelling. Mitch Albom Read Quote
Anyone who tries to write a memoir needs to keep in mind that what’s interesting to you isn’t necessarily interesting to a reader. Mitch Albom Read Quote
A memoir should have some uplifting quality, inspiring or illuminating, and that’s what separates a life story that can influence other people. Mitch Albom Read Quote
I find interesting characters or lessons that resonate with people and sometimes I write about them in the sports pages, sometimes I write them in a column, sometimes in a novel, sometimes a play or sometimes in nonfiction. But at the core I always say to myself, ‘Is there a story here? Is this something people want to read?’ Mitch Albom Read Quote
I don’t know about Heaven or Hell, but I do know that we are visited all the time by the spirits of those who affected us in life. Mitch Albom Read Quote
For years I wrote in my basement. More recently I graduated to one floor above, an office with all my books and music and – ta da! – a window. Mitch Albom Read Quote