Make notes—I’ve lost more material than I’ve ever written. Contrary to popular opinion, it’s not still up there in one’s brain. It’s in outer space and it ain’t coming back.
You make mental notes. You're a coach, so you make mental notes from matchups, to who steps up in the playoffs to who doesn't, different types of players.
I [who] am perpetually making notes in the margin of my mind for some final statement.
Eyes - the head's chief of police. They watch and make mental notes.
I never carry a notebook while walking around London. I just pick those things up. I'm very good at quizzes.
An actress spends a lifetime observing people. You build up a mental library. No, not a library. Make that a repository.
I gotta take notes when things occur to me.
I think when you have a character as richly drawn, I suppose then there are subconscious, mental notes that you've made.