Quotes About Curiosity

Think small. Don't pretend you know the answers. Experiment; get feedback. These are all the premises of 'Think Like a Freak,' really.

Children will not pretend to be enjoying books, and they will not read books because they have been told that these books are good. They are looking for delight.

It is only from the people I've had the good fortune to meet that I am learning the lessons to guide me. Baz Luhrmann, director of 'Moulin Rouge,' for example, has a childlike curiosity about the world. He doesn't pretend to know all the answers - quite the opposite, in fact. He asks loads of questions of everyone.

I don't pretend I know everything.

With prurient absorption and only minimal risk, we can pretend to be the subject of the lead article on the front page of the Style section of our local newspaper for as long as it takes to finish our morning coffee.

I used to hide behind doors pretending to be a mouse listening to the grown up's conversations. I always wanted to hear them plotting peoples deaths so I could dob them in to the police. unfortunately there were no murderers in my family.

Without sounding too pretentious, I was sort of a slave to the narrative. When the narrative cracks in, I have to go where it takes me. I had to go to the Bohemian Grove. It was the obvious end to the book.

The curious are always in some danger. If you are curious you might never come home.

Clocks around our house were in danger because I loved to take things apart, and failed to put them back together.

I have a darker imagination than most people.

The world outside existed in a kind of darkness; and we inquired about nothing.

I've been in the Concorde, I've seen the curvature of the Earth, the beginning of the darkness. I want more - I want to go up there.

If you're a scientist, and you have to have an answer, even in the absence of data, you're not going to be a good scientist.

You know, I'm not sure I ever even had a blind date!

Who wouldn't want to date Salman?

If someone wants to take me on a date? I don't know if I'd say no.

What does 'dating' mean? I don't know. I couldn't say.

When a girl is single, everyone wants to find out who she is dating.

My friends and the people I know understand that I'm going to ask them what they're doing, how they're dating, who they're dating, where they're going and what they're doing. I'm constantly asking those questions and making sure I'm in touch with the customer.

You must always watch when David Lynch makes anything.

It is very enjoyable, writing a story. You get this idea. It takes hold of you. And then you spend day and night thinking about how to do it. And then you do it. And much later, you think, 'Oh, yes. That's an interesting question.'

You know what I worry about? I worry that kids today don't have enough time to just sit and daydream.

Has anybody ever seen a dramatic critic in the daytime? Of course not. They come out after dark, up to no good.

Books are alive, you see. They're not dead, they're alive.