Jane Smiley Quotes

It's an ear job, not an eye job.

The best thing anybody ever told me about acting - and I think it's probably true for life, generally - is listen. You've really got to watch, and you've really got to listen. Not see and hear.

Don't go chattering to the stars if you're going to do it with your eyes closed.

All we have to do is listen. The Good Lord gave us two ears and only one mouth, my dear white-headed mother used to say.

You heard me. You ain't blind.

I open my eyes and my ears, and that’s why I work.

Many people may listen, but few people actually hear.

Don't let your eyes refuse to seeDon't let your ears refuse to hear

When you listen with perfect awareness, then listening becomes possible.

Isn't it amazing how much better you listen when you are in need?

Observation - activity of both eyes and ears.

A lot of what acting is is paying attention.

All you've got to do is keep your ears open.

Scripture often reminds us that it's not enough to have ears - we must use them.

Pay attention to what you're paying attention to.

If you can train your senses to perceive the movement of the minute hand of a clock, what is to stop you for training them to 'slow down' when you look at a tree or a puddle?

Success comes from keeping the ears open and the mouth closed

Truth is available to the ears that can hear it.

It you want to be somebody, If you want to go some where, you've got to wake up and pay attention

It takes close attention to see what is happening in front of you. It takes work, pious effort, to see what you are looking at.

We are defined by how we place our attention.

When awareness embraces the senses, it enlivens them.

The most difficult thing is what is thought to be the simplest; to really see the things which are before your eyes.

At any moment in time, our reality is based on whatever we focus on.