Quotes About Memory

I am not a German bitter-ender. I am, though, a German never-forgetter.

Germans have an understanding of history and cannot allow themselves to forget it. It may be a curse, but in some ways, it's a blessing. It makes them cautious.

I'm German in my mind, but from a Germany that doesn't exist any more.

Everyone has a ghost story, or at least that's how it has always seemed to me.

Because Laura Palmer was dead... there was always this strange sense that people were seeing a ghost when they would see me.

The first ghost story I ever heard was from my mother.

I'm trying to make sense of lot of things with 'Tyrannosaur.' I'm trying to make sense of people who've left now. They're not here, they can't answer for themselves any more, they're gone. And I'm trying to make peace with those ghosts.

I like to call up ghosts of things past for myself when I'm working a lot.

Forgetfulness - a gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience.

I can't remember a 'best gig,' and my brain doesn't work in absolute terms like that.

Unless you're very boring, I think most people who've lived long enough have something in their past which will never go away.

God bless the dead.

I don't know where my first gold medal is.

Everyone has a goldfish when they're little.

Not lost, but gone before.

I'm glad I was part of history, here long after I'm gone.

People are going to bash you while you're alive, and they're going to bash you when you're gone.

You hope people are going to be listening to you after you're gone. And they like you better after you're gone.

It sure is a nice feeling to know that people will remember you after you're gone, that you'll manage to be a little bit of history.

I am now writing a book called 'Far Enough,' very loosely based on my childhood. This is difficult because it forces me to remember people I loved who are gone.

Worst advice? I either don't remember it or I've been very lucky in terms of getting good advice.

Every good film is a bit like a dream, when you come away from it. That's what you should aspire to, rather than some social document. I want to create a little world that will stay with the audience.

As a boy, I was known for reciting whole songs after one listen. I've always had a good memory for lyrics. It's weird because I don't have a good memory for other things. I remember lyrics easier than the shopping list.

I've been so lucky and blessed because words and stuff come so easy to me. I have a good memory.