Quotes About Observation

I grew up in Delhi, where there are no Parsis. But once I came to Mumbai, I realised how quirky Parsis are.

When I was about 10 or 11, I realised that people made movies; until then, I had thought they just happened.

Eventually I realised there must be a way by playing with the molecules; trying to turn the molecules on and off allows you to see adjacent things you couldn't see before.

I am excited by and impressed with Anthony Joshua, but Anthony has a long way to go. At first, I thought Anthony was similar to a Frank Bruno figure, but after a few fights, I realised he's nothing like Frank Bruno. He's very athletic.

I've realised that my strength is writing around people.

Social realism takes research.

Actors look at life in a different way. When I meet people, I know that one day I may portray that person or someone like them. It may be a cop or a homeless guy. It helps you to pay more attention to people. Everyone I meet, I retain something from them, something from their personality. It helps me to portray realism in my work.

I am a social realist writer.

I write from what I take to be the realist's point of view, looking at life as it really is - or the way I see it to be.

Maybe I just look at things as a humanist: I like looking at people in a realistic way more than looking at them in a positive way.

My responsibility is to present things in a way that is realistic and true to the multifaceted world I've known... This is how I think the world is, not how it should be.

Expectations are not based on reality. They are observations, expected realities, or beliefs of what you think will happen. Expectations of others stop us from acting as our highest selves and reaching our full potential.

Attention is what steers your perceptions; it's what controls your reality. It's the gateway to the mind.

Only by observing the laws of nature can mankind avoid costly blunders in its exploitation. Any harm we inflict on nature will eventually return to haunt us. This is a reality we have to face.

I loved the fact that if you put goods on the floor, you could watch them sell.

I never looked at my parents' marriage or really anyone who had been married more than 30 years and thought, 'I gotta get me some of that!'

What does it take to be a great social chronicler? Perhaps one of the key attributes is an understanding of what it feels like to fall from grace.

I'll watch the Grammys and think, 'You hardly even see people playing guitar,' and it freaks me out.

As we travel around Britain, I am convinced most of us cannot really appreciate what we are seeing. We take too much for granted, because it is all so familiar.

You don't take anything for granted when you play in the European game because it's so different, sizing each other up takes a game.

You don't really get the full grasp of something until you see it for yourself.

I feel like an eagle eye when I watch my fellow talent because I believe in grass roots, putting 100 percent in when the camera is on or not on.

Whatever happens happens, but learning from the players at Chelsea is a great experience.

Look, I had a great experience in the booth. I saw a different perspective.