Famous Quote by Peter Greenaway

A story is ultimately a memory. It's important when you're telling a story to think about why this memory is a memory. You don't…

— Matt Besser

I recognize that memory is far from infallible though. If I feel like I can't accurately describe something, I just leave it out. I…

— Marie Calloway

Sometimes I get the start of a story from a memory, an anecdote, but that gets lost and is usually unrecognizable in the final…

— Alice Munro

When I finally write the first sentence, I want to know everything that happens, so that I am not inventing the story as I…

— John Irving

Memory doesn't come as a straight narrative. It comes in small moments with all this white space.

— Jacqueline Woodson

How we experience memory sometimes, it's not linear. We're not telling the stories to ourselves. We know the story; we're just seeing it in…

— Frank Ocean

Our memory tells us stories, that is, what we get to keep from our experiences is a story.

— Daniel Kahneman

The story is one that you and I will construct together in your memory. If the story means anything to you at all, then…

— Orson Scott Card

People are over 20 times more likely to remember a story than a series of facts and figures. A good story touches our hearts.

— Bill Capodagli

“A memory is its own thing each time it's recalled. It's not absolute. Stories based on actual events often share more with fiction than…

— Iain Reid

Storytelling sticks in the mind because it attaches emotions to events, and that's the way we remember things. If you don't tell stories, no…

— Nick Morgan

We all have an ongoing narrative inside our heads, the narrative that is spoken aloud if a friend asks a question. That narrative feels…

— Lydia Davis