memoirs

He began by writing his memoirs, Mr Nice, which became a bestseller, was translated into several languages and made into a film.

In his memoirs he accused the Democrats of distorting the event, implying “that I had murdered veterans on the streets of Washington.”

“I’ve read a ton of celebrity memoirs so I’m leaving out the boring s—,” he says.

Reflecting on water privatisation in her memoirs, Margaret Thatcher wrote that "the rain may come from the Almighty but he did not send the pipes, plumbing and engineering to go with it".

I’ve read a lot of Buddhist memoirs and self-help books over the years, and I’m struck that yours is the first one I’ve read written by an Asian American woman.