Sequencing - the careful striptease by which you reveal information to the reader - matters in an article, but it is absolutely essential to a book.

If you want to live a memorable life, you have to be the kind of person who remembers to remember.

Our lives are the sum of our memories. How much are we willing to lose from our already short lives by … not paying attention?

Memory is like a spiderweb that catches new information. The more it catches, the bigger it grows. And the bigger it grows, the more it catches.

What makes things memorable is that they are meaningful, significant, colorful.

The more we remember, the better we are at processing the world. And the better we are at processing the world, the more we can remember about it.

To the extent that experience is the sum of our memories and wisdom the sum of experience, having a better memory would mean knowing not only more about the world, but also more about myself.

...who we are and what we do it is fundamentally a function of what we remember.

As bad as we are at remembering names and phone numbers and word-for-word instructions from our colleagues, we have really exceptional visual and spatial memories.

Invented languages have often been created in tandem with entire invented universes, and most conlangers come to their craft by way of fantasy and science fiction.

Memory training is not just for the sake of performing party tricks; it's about nurturing something profoundly and essentially human.

The Bible says that to have a friend we must show ourselves friendly. To that, I say, “Amen.

Stop seeking advice from bitter people, because they would for the most part contribute to making your situation worse.

Because love was not the answer to every question. Because real love meant sacrifice. Sometimes love means letting go.

For a sorcerer, reality, or the world as we all know it, is only a description.

What does dating mean?

If you 35, 28, or 30 years old, and you decide you're gonna pick up a rag and start bangin', and you can look yourself in the mirror and you still feel like you're a man? That's cool, do your thing.

Parents test our patience more than anyone else...Being around them keeps you in check...that's what keeps you humbled.

Let love simply bloom... and it is unstoppable.

Possession of a secret is no guarantee of its truth.

Sometimes I think, 'To hell with acting' and then I realize I could be working at a shoe shop. Acting is much cooler.