Quotes About Insight

Books allow you to see the world through the eyes of others.

Eyes lie if you ever look into them for the character of the person.

The aeroplane has unveiled for us the true face of the earth.

I don't take anything at face value. I always look for the reasons people are the way they are.

Problems are cured by facing their cause.

I really believe we read differently when we know even the most banal facts of an author's life.

Facts make you face stuff about yourself you'd rather not see.

I make up my own mind in light of available facts, with my own experience and a sense of personal ethics.

What matters is not the facts but how you discover and think about them.

No matter what writers say, most stories are about ourselves. The facts might change a little, but not much.

Look at the facts as they truly are, not as you want them to be.

I like people-watching and fading into crowds.

Words will not fail when the matter is well considered.

Beyond this day, no thinking person could fail to see what would happen.

We're very good at telling what happens and showing people while it happens... But sometimes television fails to take the time to say 'Why did it happen? What does it mean?' - To step back a little bit.

There is no such thing as darkness; only a failure to see.

I think you can learn as much from success as you can from failure.

The general direction seems to be becoming fairly clear to me, but every new piece is a small adventure.

You can read everybody. It's not even interesting to tell the truth because to some extent it's false.

How can you build something for someone else if you don't have enough familiarity with them to imagine the world through their eyes?

I write a lot about other people, like family and friends. I look at their lives and relationships and think, 'Well, if I was in your position, this is how I would see it.'

The more you play against teams and defenders, the more you get to know them. You know if they are more nervous; you know, on the pitch, people are different. I try to adapt to their character.

Everybody knows everything about all the teams now.

I'm starting to figure it out - figure out my spots, where I should be on the court, where I'm most effective, and how I handle double teams - and it's paying off.