Quotes About Discovery

I read all of Ayn Rand's novels when I was 17.

I must say, it was a lot easier writing novels than I thought it would be. I think it's because I'm a novelist at heart, and it took me a while to figure that out.

That's the nice thing about doing research. Whatever you do is novel, so you always have this sense of novelty, even if you are only using a new gadget.

A lot of why I do something is just the novelty of the experience.

I now know that inspirations must come from everywhere.

The album format is what we grew up on. Its what we aspired to when we were first discovering music - its what's what we know. We actually talked about this because nowadays, with iTunes and everything, there's a lot of pressure to get this track and that track, whatever.

When you're going nowhere, anywhere's a better place to be.

Nothing matches the sheer euphoria of discovering a new melody or a new batch of chords that just come out of nowhere.

I am nowhere near my limit. I just want to see if there are such things as limits. I want to go and find out.

I've seen a fair bit of the States and the rest of the world, and I'm convinced that there's nowhere I'd be happier, there's nowhere I'm missing out on because I'm in N.Y.

We don't mind if people think we've come from nowhere. Because once they've become fans, they'll delve deeper in and will be surprised to find we've been around awhile and that we've had a lot of experience doing this.

I had no clue what I wanted to do. I tried nursing, I tried science, I tried English. I just kept bouncing back and forth.

Find out what your gift is and nurture it.

When I was 12, I didn't know about Nirvana or Oasis or any of those people. I was listening to Ella Fitzgerald and Gershwin.

I'm a firm believer that no matter how small an object is, you can find interesting things out about it and its history.

I don't really have a metaphor for how I write, but it kinda feels like chipping away at a big dark object that I can't really see.

Over the years, a number of other intriguing experimental ideas and areas of investigation have been the objects of my attention, and I have devoted some time and effort to exploring the inherent possbilities.

'Sharp Objects' is honestly one of my most exciting reading experiences.

I'm a 'bright, shiny objects' guy. I'm always looking for what's next.

And of all illumination which human reason can give, none is comparable to the discovery of what we are, our nature, our obligations, what happiness we are capable of, and what are the means of attaining it.

But it seemed to me that the American way of doing things was to obliterate a complete area, without really knowing exactly what was there and where they were.

It will be good fun finding out what sport baby's good at; perhaps it will be something obscure. My parents were fantastic at taking me to training sessions and letting me try lots of different sports, so I want to do the same.

If you find something obscure fascinating, learn as much about it as you can, because there's a good chance it won't be obscure for long.

The thing about adolescence is that you are emerging from a state of obscurity. You are coming out into the world from your family. Your family can seem normal because it is your family and all you know, but in fact it is a mess.