WURTZEL: I think people have this idea that it’s easier to write a memoir than it is a novel, but it’s not easier to do anything. Either you know how to write or you don’t. Lots of people try to write memoirs because they think, "I rode my motorcycle cross-country—I have a memoir." But it’s not like that. It’s not about whether you have an interesting story; it’s about whether you know how to tell it.