Writing-craft Quote by Stephen King

“Careful with what you know and what you experience. Sometimes, closed mouth with memories is better than opened mouth with stories.”

— Karolyn James

“If you're going to learn, you need to forget what you know.”

— Christopher Moore

“Someone says that I haven’t taught him anything that he can remember. He can’t understand yet that that’s precisely what I am aiming at…”

— Idries Shah

“I often forget that other people's stories aren't simply introductions to my own more engaging, more dramatic, more relevant, and better-told tales, but rather…

— Will Schwalbe

“One of the first lessons that I hope you grasp is that woven into meaningful literature, so tightly that it can't be separated, is…

— Camron Wright

“Remembering can be almost as good as what actually happens.”

— Kathryn Stockett

“I try to shed what I’ve learned, I try to forget the way I was taught to remember”

— Fernando Pessoa

“What I learn today I shall know forever. Whether or not I remember that I know it is a different story.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

“Remembering a narrative alters it.”

— Gregory Benford

“Stories help us remember what we never want to forget.”

— Emory R. Frie

“You might forget a story, but you can never unhear a story.”

— Gregory Maguire

“Becoming sufficiently familiar with something is a substitute for understanding it.”

— John Conway