“To memorize something, it's best to write it down.”

“If you're going to write, don't pretend to write down. It's going to be the best you can do, and it's the fact that it's the best you can do that kills you.”

Dorothy Parker (1893–1967) American poet, short story writer, critic and satirist

“Never memorize something that you can look up.”

Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity

“There's something happening everyday, but I'm too tired and lazy to write it all down.”

Anne Frank (1929–1945) victim of the Holocaust and author of a diary

“If this is a lecture and the lecturer writes down one thing and you take down something else, how are you going to pass your exams?”

Lim Guan Eng (1960) Finance Minister of Malaysia

“All I need is a sheet of paper
and something to write with, and then
I can turn the world upside down.”

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist

“I am such a slow learner that once I understand something I might as well write it down!”

Elliott Organick (1925–1985) American computer scientist

“I am a composer first and foremost, and have always believed that being able to write memorable melodies is what sets musicians apart.”

Bradley Joseph (1965) Composer, pianist, keyboardist, arranger, producer, recording artist

“I do not think writers ought ever to sit down and think they must write about some cause, or theme… If they write about their own experiences, something true is going to emerge.”

Doris Lessing (1919–2013) British novelist, poet, playwright, librettist, biographer and short story writer

“I missed him. Love, I realized, was something your spine memorized. There was nothing you could do about that.”

Lorrie Moore (1957) American writer