Curtis Sittenfeld Quotes

I'd have to struggle to find a subject in which I can't get some kind of interested pulse started.

A capacity, and taste, for reading gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others.

You don't read in your own field. You read in that field when you're young, so that you can learn.

As long as you're interested in people and things, that curiosity propels you forward.

People are curious and want to know about stuff.

You always need to be curious and study.

Fascination is one step beyond interest. Interested people want to know if it works. Fascinated people want to learn how it works.

The more I learn, the more excited I get.

Go anywhere you wish, talk to everyone. Ask any questions; you will be given answers. When you want to learn, you will be taught. Use the library. Open any book.

I do a lot of reading, a lot of studying. I ask questions, I'll go out, travel these countries, I'll watch how their people live, and I learn.

Any knowledge that doesn't lead to new questions quickly dies out: it fails to maintain the temperature required for sustaining life.

I love researching. That's one of my favorite parts about school.

To learn something new every day is still exciting!

The more I read, the more I realise what I don't know.

I enjoy science, and I'm a very curious person. I always want to know the reason behind everything, big or small.

Books were the window from which I looked out of a rather meager and decidedly narrow room onto a rich and wonderful universe. I loved the look and feel of books, even the smell... Libraries were treasure houses. I always entered them with a slight thrill of disbelief that all their endless riches were mine for the borrowing.

Reading has been the fuel of my motivation: it has changed the direction in which I have traveled, and it has enhanced my creative imagination more than any other activity I have ever pursued.

I'm passionate about learning. I'm passionate about life.

When you're curious, you find lots of interesting things to do.

Practice being curious; want to know things; ask questions.

It is like a voyage of discovery into unknown lands, seeking not for new territory but for new knowledge. It should appeal to those with a good sense of adventure.

Libraries allow children to ask questions about the world and find the answers. And the wonderful thing is that once a child learns to use a library, the doors to learning are always open.

Libraries raised me.

I love research. When there's something that I like, I want to know everything about it. I want to know exactly what was behind it, and where it went from there.

I believe that education is all about being excited about something. Seeing passion and enthusiasm helps push an educational message.