--- title: "11 Write Forget Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 11 Write Forget quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Write Forget sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/577/needa-muy-14007_empty_some-people-write-to-remember-some-peopl_1348481.jpg" --- > [Some people write to remember, some people write to forget.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/needa-muy/some-people-write-to-remember-some-people-write-to-forget/) [Needa Muy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/needa-muy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/577/needa-muy-14007_empty_some-people-write-to-remember-some-peopl_1348481.jpg) > [“Write like you can forget, write and forget. Hold an entire world in your palm then puff. Pierluigi Cappello”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claudia-serrano/write-like-you-can-forget-write-and-forget-hold-an-entire-world-in/) [Claudia Serrano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claudia-serrano/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09b/claudia-serrano-33188_write_write-like-you-can-forget-write-and-forg_287258.jpg) > [“To write is to forget. Literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fernando-pessoa/to-write-is-to-forget-literature-is-the-most-agreeable-way-of-2/) [Fernando Pessoa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fernando-pessoa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c76/fernando-pessoa-177_absorption_to-write-is-to-forget-literature-is-the_934886.jpg) > [If I don't read, I get lonely. If I don't write, I forget who I am.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-driscoll/if-i-don-t-read-i-get-lonely-if-i-don-t-write-i-forget-who-i-am/) [Jack Driscoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-driscoll/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0f/jack-driscoll-30323_books_if-i-don-t-read-i-get-lonely-if-i-don-t_2180442.jpg) > [“To write is to forget. Literature is the pleasantest way of ignoring life.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fernando-pessoa/to-write-is-to-forget-literature-is-the-pleasantest-way-of-ignoring/) [Fernando Pessoa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fernando-pessoa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/091/fernando-pessoa-177_books_to-write-is-to-forget-literature-is-the_1850516.jpg) > [“Write what you know. Write what you can't forget. Write to give yourself courage and others hope.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikki-rosen/write-what-you-know-write-what-you-can-t-forget-write-to-give/) [Nikki Rosen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikki-rosen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d6/nikki-rosen-30159_books_write-what-you-know-write-what-you-can-t_1556460.jpg) > [“To write, I need to remember, but I write to forget. I drink to forget, then get nostalgic when I’m drunk.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shoshaku-jushaku/to-write-i-need-to-remember-but-i-write-to-forget-i-drink-to-forget/) [Shoshaku Jushaku](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shoshaku-jushaku/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14c/shoshaku-jushaku-278144_writing_to-write-i-need-to-remember-but-i-write_1313797.jpg) > [Becoming an artist does not merely mean learning something, acquiring professional techniques and methods. Indeed, as someone has said, in order to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-tarkovsky/becoming-an-artist-does-not-merely-mean-learning-something-acquiring/) [Andrei Tarkovsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrei-tarkovsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d81/andrei-tarkovsky-3522_art_becoming-an-artist-does-not-merely-mean_1629381.jpg) > [Know your literary tradition, savor it, steal from it, but when you sit down to write, forget about worshiping greatness and fetishizing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allegra-goodman/know-your-literary-tradition-savor-it-steal-from-it-but-when-you-sit/) [Allegra Goodman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allegra-goodman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/917/allegra-goodman-11384_forget_know-your-literary-tradition-savor-it-st_23825.jpg) > [“Why should I care that no one reads what I write? I write to forget about life, and I publish because that’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fernando-pessoa/why-should-i-care-that-no-one-reads-what-i-write-i-write-to-forget/) [Fernando Pessoa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fernando-pessoa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8d/fernando-pessoa-177_life_why-should-i-care-that-no-one-reads-what_1541400.jpg) > [“To write is to forget. Literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life. Music soothes, the visual arts exhilarate, and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fernando-pessoa/to-write-is-to-forget-literature-is-the-most-agreeable-way-of-3/) [Fernando Pessoa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fernando-pessoa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/645/fernando-pessoa-177_art_to-write-is-to-forget-literature-is-the_1330469.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/write-forget/#itemlist", "name": "Write Forget Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Some people write to remember, some people write to forget.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Needa Muy" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/needa-muy/some-people-write-to-remember-some-people-write-to-forget/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/577/needa-muy-14007_empty_some-people-write-to-remember-some-peopl_1348481.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/577/needa-muy-14007_empty_some-people-write-to-remember-some-peopl_1348481.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/577/needa-muy-14007_empty_some-people-write-to-remember-some-peopl_1348481.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Some people write to remember, some people write to forget.” — Needa Muy", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Write like you can forget, write and forget. 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