... Planning, subtitled, Six-Word Memoirs by Famous and Obscure Writers. One famous author, Joyce Carol Oates, submitted these six words: “Revenge is living well without you.” Comic Stephen Colbert submitted this one: “Well, I thought it was funny.” Singer Aimee Mann summed up her life like this: “Couldn’t cope so I wrote songs.” Best-selling author Sebastian Junger submitted this: “I asked. They answered. I wrote.” The book contains submissions by obscure writers, too. I like this one from ...