It's great to forget!

Why forgetting is very helpful in remembering and telling stories

It’s great to forget? That’s nonsense, Rudolf.

Everybody wants to remember. Nobody wants to forget.

What do you mean?

Let’s take a step back.

How come you remember certain things very vividly? You remember them because they evoked an emotion in you.

We tend to remember the things we care about, but we tend to forget what was superfluous and not interesting.

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