Virginia Woolf Quotes

I find people confusing.

I'm just totally fascinated by people.

My job is about playing people. And I think once you lose touch with people, what do you play?

Examining other people's motivations, other people's language and other people's way of interacting is much more fascinating to me than spending a lot of time worrying about my own. I've said, 'What other people think of me is none of my business.'

I have a natural curiosity for people.

I don't like to write about myself. I like listening to people.

I love to learn about people.

I think I am a pretty good at understanding each character of each person I meet.

Life is a matter of dealing with other people, in little matters and cataclysmic ones, and that means a series of conversations.

I have my own way of dividing people, as I suppose most of us have. There are those whom I can talk to, and those whom I can't.

I envy people who have the capacity to sit with another human being and find them endlessly interesting, I would rather watch TV. Of course this becomes eventually known to the other person.

When you realize that people treat you according to how they see themselves rather than how you really are, you are less likely to be affected by their behavior.

When I'm starting to feel, "How many more people are there?" I go slower. I ask questions, and that person engaging with me gives me energy.

I gave up trying to understand people long ago. Now I let them try to understand me!

I grew up around people, so I know 'em, and I do like playin' 'em. I'm not religious, but I am kind of a spiritual fanatic, so maybe I understand them in that way.

Part of the reason I wrote the book was I wanted to understand for myself why such good people let themselves get treated so badly.

I've had that experience of not liking people very much, but having tremendous respect for them.

The difficult thing isn't living with other people, it's understanding them.

I don't take anything personally. I am a secondary character in other people's stories. I know that whatever people say about me is just a projection of their image of me. It has nothing to do with me.

I have an inate curiosity about people.

Every relationship you have, you're learning and growing and taking something from that.

I'm into people's emotional lives and relationships and the complications of living. That's my turf.

I've never been interested in things that sparkle and shine; I'm more interested in people.

It's a difficult question of relations between people.

I'm engaged: I'm interested in other people. I think that's just as important as knowing how to do the job.