Quotes About Insight

You want people walking away from the conversation with some kernel of wisdom or some kind of impact.

I don't really read any comics, but when I got casted on the show, I starting reading 'The Walking Dead' comics. I felt like I needed a better idea of the character.

I like walking and hiking, and many of the ideas for songs have germinated from this.

I find I'm not one of these composers that are, you know, walking along a beach or walking on the mountainside in County Donegal that's, you know, 'Oh, a melody.' It's more a matter of eventually taking that moment with me to the studio, and it begins to evolve.

Nothing, I find, has prepared me for the sight of my own characters walking about. A playwright or screenwriter must expect it; a novelist doesn't and naturally concludes that she has gone mad.

When walking, you see things that you miss in a motor car or on the train. You give your mind space to ponder.

There's no way to be able to tell what it's like to be a country singer until you're walking in the shoes.

We hope to find more pieces of the puzzle which will shed light on the connection between this upright, walking ape, our early ancestor, and modern man.

When I'm writing, I try to have the mask of my character on as I'm walking through the world.

When the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness.

If I get the walk of a character, that helps me find them. So I'm constantly looking at airports and train stations, registering walks.

All of my fights are planned. I study my opponents from A to Z. How he walks, how he looks, how he speaks, gestures of the human body, which is a certain language that provides you lots of information if you have the ability to read it. You just need to pay attention to it and gain experience over the years.

One of my strengths is I learn, and I like to learn from all sorts of people in all walks of life.

University was a chance to people-watch and to mix with people from all various walks of life, which as an actor is a great experience because you get to observe people.

I like to write about real-life topics, and I like to write about different walks of life.

Take lots of walks. It's the best way to discover your world, both inner and outer.

Man is a strange animal. He generally cannot read the handwriting on the wall until his back is up against it.

If someone had asked me when we started 'Bonanza' what was Ben Cartwright like, I couldn't have articulated very much.

To watch a game from the TV, it's very different from the bench.

Actually I think it's better for me to come off the bench, because for them first couple of minutes when that first five is in there, you can see the little things and what you need to do when you get in there.

For me, my writing benefits from my experience.

I run everywhere and eavesdrop. It's the best way to see a city.

The best way to figure out how something works is to try to build it from scratch.

Working with someone is the best way to get to know someone, especially if it's a creative endeavor.