Quotes About Attention

I've learned how to measure what I say. Al Sharpton in 1986 was trying to be heard. I was a local guy and was like, 'Y'all are ignoring us.'

America, I am not ignoring you.

I think that by ignoring the show you're ignoring the audience who put you there.

We continue to have this illusion that things outside of us aren't driving what we think and believe, when in fact so much of what we spend our attention on is driven by decisions of thousands of engineers and product designers.

The whole image thing gets in the way. Then there are the guys that it excites them and it's what draws them to me. But I don't know whether they would care for me if I didn't have this image.

I went to a Chekhov play with my grandmother, and at the end, I was talking about how the first act was so boring. And my grandmother didn't see that at all. I realized it was because I need, like, the constant images changing. I wrote a paper about this.

People see images now more than they see movies.

I really could've been a good student, but I was always hearing an imaginary audience.

It was the Baptists who preached a kind of Social Gospel that captured my attention and imagination.

I was selfish and immature. I never wanted the attention. There were helicopters flying over the hospital while I was giving birth.

The children and families seeking asylum at our border deserve our immediate attention and humanitarian aid.

The problem is I don't know anything or anyone. I am so focused on the immediate picture in front of me.

Generally, when it comes to covers, I try and add elements that may not take your immediate attention but really become important the more you look at them.

I am immediately disinterested when I hear mountain-climbing stories.

Self-consciousness is almost the biggest thing you have to deal with as an artist. That's why many artists crash and burn, because they can't handle the attention and the financial implications of every brushstroke.

It wasn't until later in my career that I really focused on the importance on making an entrance.

I'm not a big watcher of myself. You start looking at things you shouldn't be looking at that have nothing to do with anything of importance.

For a cinematographer, every frame has to be important.

Never look encouragingly at the brass, except with a short glance to give an important cue.

People are always asking 'how could the politicians let X happen with Y?' where Y is something important. People find it hard to believe that Y is not the focus of serious attention and therefore things like X are bound to happen all the time.

The most important things that children want from you are your time and love.

Most 25 year old guys have to work hard to impress the girls and have to do all the chasing. For me the roles are reversed. What more can a guy ask for? It's fun to be the centre of attention.

You never know who's being impressed from what you're doing.

People want to create something bigger for themselves, and making up drama that isn't there gives people the impression that they have haters. It's all for attention so it looks like they are important.