"I'm a writer and writers either have..." - Quote by Maya Angelou
I'm a writer and writers either have good memories or nothing at all.
More by Maya Angelou
“When we decide to be happy we accept the responsibility to bring happiness to someone else. Some decide that happiness and glee are the same thing, they are not. When we choose happiness we accept the responsibility to lighten the load of someone else and to be a light on the path to another who may be walking in darkness.”
“A single fantasy can transform a million realities.”
“Remember, people will judge you by your actions not your intentions. You may have a heart of gold but so does a hard-boiled egg.”
More on Writing
“The ear is the only true writer and the only true reader.”
“A journal is a repository for all those fragmentary ideas and odd scraps of information that might otherwise be lost and which some day might lead to more "harmonious compositions."”
“For a long time now I have tried simply to write the best I can. Sometimes I have good luck and write better than I can.”
More on Memory
“And if, in some distant place in the future, we see each other in our new lives, I will smile at you with joy, and remember how we spent a summer beneath the trees, learning from each other and growing in love.”
“Every day in a life fills the whole life with expectations and memory.”
“A spot whereon the founders lived and diedSeemed once more dear than life; ancestral trees,Or gardens rich in memory glorifiedMarriages, alliances, and families,And every bride's ambition satisfied.”