Quotes About Observation

The whole book experience was a look into another world, the world of Gore Vidal and Norman Mailer.

Since one of my roles is that of a con man, I actually mingled with a few pickpockets in north Chennai to get a hang of their body language and mindset.

Fortunately we've been shooting in North Carolina which means we're not in LA where you can hear people talking about you and you know so much about what's going on in the business.

What I don't like so much is to give explanations about people's behaviour... I'm not interested in making conclusions. I would never think about myself or anyone else, 'Well, this happened, this happened, this happened, so this must be the result.' It doesn't work like that with me.

I feel like if you see five films not knowing who made them, you know which one is the Coen Brothers.

Comedy historians take note: this Gottfried character doesn't have the best eye for detail - and, for a Jew, he doesn't have the best eye for retail, either.

I just got to hear every note. After I left Birdland, I started working at the Jazz Gallery. In the end, I still couldn't play, but I knew how to listen. I was probably the world's best listener.

Whether you like it or not, when you claim to be a Christian, the world takes note.

I interact with journalists all the time, and I note how they behave.

I'm not ashamed to confess that I often note down many of the crazy things my children say.

I carry a notebook with me everywhere. But that's only the first step.

I never carry a notebook while walking around London. I just pick those things up. I'm very good at quizzes.

Kids who want to become writers might want to start carrying a small notebook in their backpack. I encourage people to sit down in malls and listen, just listen, to how people talk.

I don't have a drawer full of ideas. I kind of look around and take notes and wonder what could actually be a whole movie. And each time, I think I'm going to do it more commercial this time; I'm going to get a big budget and make it. But I always come up with some small idea.

I think whenever you're around Kanye, you gotta take notes. The advice is taking notes, because everything he does and everything he says is very detailed and very up front. He's always one hundred what he says.

Over time, I've paid attention, taken notes and forgotten easily half of everything I've gone through.

When a magician lets you notice something on your own, his lie becomes impenetrable.

I like to move forward and notice things along the roadside that indicate where I should go.

I love the idea that if you watch something twice, three times, four times, you'll continuously notice new things.

My motto is that the audience should notice the actors, not the clothes.

When a safety makes a mistake in the middle of the field, everybody should notice.

I've always just took notice of what's going on in the wrestling business and who the younger fellas are, and younger ladies, that are interested in this.

You realize you're alive while you're alive, and you better notice it then, because later, it's hard to see.

When I play, there are things throughout the game that I notice, especially rebounding.