memory

Delighted to give everyone a sneak peak into a recent Huddle... What makes Gone With the Wind so emotionally powerful — even when it evokes longing for a world we’d never want to return to? In this week’s Huddle, I was pleased to lead a lively, provocative discussion on nostalgia: how writers...

I'm interested in memory because it's a filter through which we see our lives, and because it's foggy and obscure, the opportunities for self-deception are there. In the end, as a writer, I'm more interested in what people tell themselves happened rather than what actually happened. Kazuo Ishiguro

Appealing workplaces are to avoided. One wants a room with no view, so imagination can meet memory in the dark. Annie Dillard

“Always carry a notebook. And I mean always. The short-term memory only retains information for three minutes; unless it is committed to paper you can lose an idea for ever.” Will Self

David Lodge was one of my literary heroes and a true comic genius. David Lodge, Campus Trilogy novelist and academic, dies aged 89