A memoir should have some uplifting quality, inspiring or illuminating, and that's what separates a life story that can influence other people.
“I grew up in a pretty large family. We were really close-knit, so I definitely want to have lots and lots of children.”
“I'm really schizophrenic about that, because on the one hand I would say, yes there is, there's something inherently, even violent about it, it's wild and raw and all this.”