Comments on: The persistence of memory? http://www.dystel.com/blog/2010/09/the-persistence-of-memory/ Mon, 26 Jun 2017 15:15:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.15 By: Jennifer http://www.dystel.com/blog/2010/09/the-persistence-of-memory/comment-page-1/#comment-19276 Thu, 23 Sep 2010 22:47:30 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2010/09/the-persistence-of-memory/#comment-19276 I say yes, because even if I can't remember the plot exactly, I usually have some sort of feeling about it. I read a James Fenimore Cooper book years ago and disliked it. I honestly can't remember why, but I now equate his books to being annoyed.

And then there's books I read a bunch of times when I was a kid. I couldn't tell you now anything that happened in A Wrinkle in Time, but whenever I hear it mentioned, it makes me happy.

]]> By: Kristin Laughtin http://www.dystel.com/blog/2010/09/the-persistence-of-memory/comment-page-1/#comment-19272 Thu, 23 Sep 2010 16:42:04 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2010/09/the-persistence-of-memory/#comment-19272 Liesl said it perfectly. Everything affects us, but some things affect us more–and these are the things we tend to remember.

I'd say it even happens to me as a writer. Occasionally I'll come with ideas, only to realize I've read the exact thing before–only I can't remember where. I was affected by the idea even if I can't remember the source.

]]> By: Liesl http://www.dystel.com/blog/2010/09/the-persistence-of-memory/comment-page-1/#comment-19269 Thu, 23 Sep 2010 14:42:45 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2010/09/the-persistence-of-memory/#comment-19269 Books are like food. I can't recall everything I ate my entire life, but all that food, whether I ate Twinkies and coke or vegetables and rice, has affected my growth and development- for better or worse.

We are what we read, eat, watch, consume.

]]> By: M Clement Hall http://www.dystel.com/blog/2010/09/the-persistence-of-memory/comment-page-1/#comment-19268 Thu, 23 Sep 2010 14:19:51 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2010/09/the-persistence-of-memory/#comment-19268 Every experience affects us — though we may not know it.

]]> By: Em-Musing http://www.dystel.com/blog/2010/09/the-persistence-of-memory/comment-page-1/#comment-19267 Thu, 23 Sep 2010 13:50:23 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2010/09/the-persistence-of-memory/#comment-19267 Ever since The Shining, I've had a different feelings about topiaries and will never stay in room 237 at a hotel.

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