Quotes About Contemplation

I don't know what to say about literary critics. I think it's probably best to say nothing.

I thought it was possible that O.J. could have done something. It crossed my mind. I was thinking about the events of everything and going, Why did I hear that? I was going, No, it can't be, and just all that stuff was adding up.

I was not born to be the center of attention in a crowded room.

I'm not the kind of person who enjoys big crowds very much.

I try to avoid large crowds.

I took a long time after 'Curious' to find something I really wanted to do.

We all have those moments when you're sitting in your feelings and you're sitting in your thoughts and you're taking in what your current situation is.

I often conflate the domestic and the cosmic on a daily basis.

I'm not an exhibitionist; I don't have a compulsion to share the ins and outs of my daily life with a public audience.

I used to spend hours at night, downstairs, in front of the only full-length mirror in the house, standing on the table working out what I would wear to school the next day.

The content of Saul Leiter's photographs arrives on a sort of delay: it takes a moment after the first glance to know what the picture is about. You don't so much see the image as let it dissolve into your consciousness, like a tablet in a glass of water.

I've been busy and need to slow my little tail down and sit and meditate somewhere. I do my walking meditations every day, but just to sit still. Just to be in one place and just to be quiet.

It's good to reflect on life and take a step back and sit and relax and do something else.

I just want people to take a step back, take a deep breath and actually look at something with a different perspective. But most people will never do that.

It's not a bad idea to occasionally spend a little time thinking about things you take for granted. Plain everyday things.

Do not let Sunday be taken from you. If your soul has no Sunday, it becomes an orphan.

I really think that I don't mind people sleeping during my films, because I know that some very good films might prepare you for sleeping or falling asleep or snoozing. It's not to be taken badly at all. This is something I really mean.

Thought takes man out of servitude, into freedom.

Instead of taking the reader by the hand and running him down the hill, I want to lead him into a house of many rooms, and leave him alone in each of them.

Earlier, I used to take up any role that came my way. But now I feel that I should take time and consider the role before taking it up.

Running is a basic ingredient for your health, just as much as eating and sleeping, but going out for a run by yourself and taking a moment to think also creates a certain peace.

Taking time to do something slower than you normally would is a privilege that should not be ignored.

We must not always talk in the market-place of what happens to us in the forest.

Don't talk - keep it in your heart.