Elephants Quote by William S. Burroughs

I'm a writer and writers either have good memories or nothing at all.

— Maya Angelou

All good novelists have bad memories. What you remember comes out as journalism; what you forget goes into the compost of the imagination.

— Graham Greene

Writers serve as the memory of a people. They chew over our public past.

— Annie Dillard

I have a writer's memory which makes everything worse than maybe it actually was.

— Amy Tan

I would rather have bad things written about me than be forgotten.

— Pamela Harriman

I have a memory like an elephant. I remember every elephant I've ever met.

— Herb Caen

They say an elephant never forgets. Well, you are not an elephant. Take notes, constantly. Save interesting thoughts, quotations, films, technologies... the medium doesn't…

— Aaron Koblin

“Writing sometimes feels frivolous and sometimes sacred, but memory is one of my strongest muses. I serve her with my words. So long as…

— Marge Piercy

Sometimes we can't let go of memories, because they are constant reminders of a great story that we never expected to end.

— Joffrey Lagura

Good writing is remembering detail. Most people want to forget. Don't forget things that were painful or embarrassing or silly. Turn them into a…

— Paula Danziger

All good novelists have bad memories.

— Graham Greene

When I write, I make my memories tangible, and in this way I can get rid of them.

— Jorge Semprun