Quotes About Curiosity

I write novels because there is something I don't understand in reality.

As a kid I wanted to write science fiction, and I was never without a book. Later I really got into being a scientist and never thought I'd be writing novels.

I was one of those kids who was always seeking the truth, and I first looked for truth by reading novels. It took quite a long time for me to realize there are better ways.

That's the nice thing about doing research. Whatever you do is novel, so you always have this sense of novelty, even if you are only using a new gadget.

A lot of why I do something is just the novelty of the experience.

I now know that inspirations must come from everywhere.

I think you've got be willing as an interviewer to ask the dumb question every now and then.

I am nowhere near my limit. I just want to see if there are such things as limits. I want to go and find out.

Goodness, I know nothing about nuclear energy.

I might be 'Candid Camera's number one fan.

When we meet, I'm interested and I'm curious about what he's doing because he's burning a number from a client. And I'm like, 'Who is this?' and my girlfriend's like, 'That's a drug dealer. Stay away from him.'

No, I haven't asked for a guy's number, but I've always wanted to.

I'm a history nut.

Everybody prefers to see a nut - they're more fascinating.

If death is in the room, it's pretty interesting. But I would also say that I'm interested in getting myself to believe that it's going to happen to me. I'm interested in it, because if you're not, you're nuts. It's really de facto what we're here to find out about.

I'm a firm believer that no matter how small an object is, you can find interesting things out about it and its history.

My family very much adored me, and at school, I was an object of fascination.

You can look up, you can see the stars, the moon and the sun, and you wonder: How does it all work? I didn't have the answers, but I was thinking about all this floating amongst the stars. That is my objective.

Collecting is more than just buying objects.

Over the years, a number of other intriguing experimental ideas and areas of investigation have been the objects of my attention, and I have devoted some time and effort to exploring the inherent possbilities.

I was the kid who was sat in his room, trying to move objects across the room with my eyes or my mind.

It's very important to put children in an environment where they can take things apart; where they can break things and then learn to fix them; where they can trust their hands and know their capacity to manipulate objects.

I'm a 'bright, shiny objects' guy. I'm always looking for what's next.

My only obligation is to keep myself and other people guessing.