Using Narrative or Epiphany to write Memoir

Here is a fictional example that mimcs writing memoir from an epiphany or significant event from Harlan Coben's novel Just One Look: 

"There are sudden rips.  There are tears in your life, deep knife wounds that slash through your flesh.  Your life is one thing; then it is shredded into another.  It comes apart as though gutted in a belly slit.  And then there are those memoments when your life simply unravels.  A loose thread pulled.  A seam gives way.  The change is slow at first, nearly imperceptible."

Another nice quote relating to the creative process for artists and writers:

"Loneliness, the precursor to boredom, is conducvie to the creative processs.  That was what artistic meditation was all about--boring yourself to the point where inspiration must emerge if only to reserve your sanity.  A writer friend once explained that the best cure for writer's block was to read a phone book.  Bore yourself enough and the Muse will be obligated to push through the most slog-filled arteries."