Quotes About Insight

I don't have my novel outlined, and I have to write to discover what I am doing. Like the old lady, I don't know so well what I think until I see what I say; then I have to say it over again.

I've been a 90-year-old man since I was 12 years old.

Before you contradict an old man, my fair friend, you should endeavor to understand him.

It is good even for old men to learn wisdom.

I have a wonderful respect for old people.

I just really love hanging out with really old people. They're the best dinner dates you could ever have. All that life experience and understanding.

I've had more life experiences than most people that are older than me.

When you're older you want to learn from other people.

I feel like we can learn from each other by us, being the young generation, giving knowledge to the older guys.

I like older people; I think older people have a lot of flavor.

I listen to the older people who talk to me. I call them my old heads, people with a lot of wisdom. They'll teach you a lot if you listen.

I wanted other people to see what's in my mind as a young 14-year-old girl because sometimes, when men - or just older people - try to make films from what they think is a kid's perspective, it doesn't come out the right. It's like, 'Ehhh, that's probably not what we would do!'

Older people, who just happen to have been around longer, may not be cleverer than the young, but they have seen more.

The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them.

Everyone should have their mind blown once a day.

Once you get the right image the details aren't that important.

Once you know the background of an individual, you can connect better with his or her music.

Once a week we go to juvenile hall and talk to boys there. Just go and spend a day in the juvenile courts.

Now I am discovering the world once more. England has widened my horizon.

One day I had an idea for a movie. Everything came after that.

I think everything that you do, you're learning. I mean, every movie that you make is like a film school; that's one of the things that I enjoy about filmmaking.

I think one of the things I really learned in Denver is the value of being a good listener.

One of the things I've had the advantage of, growing up and being close to the top management of this company and other companies for most of my life, is seeing how CEOs start to believe in their own infallibility. And that really scares me.

I became a better listener than I ever had been as a result of playing Jean Luc Picard because it was one of the things that he does terrifically well.