Quotes About Curiosity

What I do, basically, is look at things from different angles. That is what I do on stage comedically, and that is what I do in art. I was always fascinated by the structure of things, why things work this way and not that way. So I like to see how things behave if you change the point of view.

All writing is that structure of revelation. There's something you want to find out. If you know everything up front in the beginning, you really don't need to read further if there's nothing else to find out.

When I began playing around at being a physical chemist, I enjoyed very much doing work on the structure of DNA molecules, something which I would never have dreamed of doing before I started.

I am always fascinated by the structure of things; why do things work this way and not that way.

I struggled with math and had no interest in sports.

People naturally want to know about what happened, about my leukemia. They ask the same questions again and again. And there have been so many positive conclusions, even through the bad times, that I don't mind at all to be reminded of my struggles.

People-watching is my favorite thing to do. This is blowing my mind. I fixate on one person, and then I think about the struggles in their life. I think about what made them walk the way they do.

I had been struggling with how to create a child-like protagonist's voice without making it sound as though I was 'dumbing down' to the character. They are able to see events, people and places with an intensity and open mindedness that adults lack.

I try not to have too many opinions; I just marvel at the world we live in.

The more you find out about the world, the more opportunities there are to laugh at it.

A world in which elves exist and magic works offers greater opportunities to digress and explore.

I have never had the opportunity to play in England, so I know little about it.

When there's an authentic mystery, as opposed to just a question being asked, that's what makes you lean forward.

I've always had an explorative drive to my art, as opposed to wanting to achieve some certain goal.

For me, the opposite of happiness isn't sadness but boredom.

Every museum is full of nice things. That's the opposite of before. It was important things or serious things. Now we have interesting things.

That adage about 'Write what you know' is basically the opposite of the way I function. I write about what I'm curious to find out.

I've seen people who come to work say, 'No, I'm doing it this way, and that's that.' I'm the opposite - I like being out of my element; it's where I like to live.

Oprah has this intense curiosity that I haven't found with any interviewer.

I was fascinated with optical illusions.

People still try to sell books that way - as 'books can take you to foreign lands.' We've given children this idea that reading and books are a nice option, if you want that kind of thing. I hope we can get over that idea.

If you ever get to a point where you stop learning, you will find your professional options and your personal satisfaction severely curtailed.

Orange County is a place where you can ask people if that's their real hair color; you can ask them if that diamond is real; you can ask if that car is a lease. But you cannot ask if someone is a Democrat.

To me, we have never really exploited our ability in low-Earth orbit.