Antonya Nelson Quotes

I love studying how people are. Not just what they're saying, but how they are, what they're doing.

I am an observer, I like to watch people. I am into psychology and people - how they act and such.

I'm definitely an observer of human behavior. I always have been.

I am still very observant. I am absorbed by people and why they do what they do.

I'm insatiably curious about human nature.

I try as best I can to enter the realm of nuances of human behavior.

What came up at age 49 is I realized that of all the things I'm interested in, the thing I'm most interested in is figuring out what makes people tick, why people think the way they do, why they act the way they do. And I realized that music is such a great way to investigate why people do what they do.

I like understanding what's underneath, what's really motivating people. When I was younger, I wanted to be a psychiatrist, so I think it has to do with that.

I'm drawn to the psychology of really interesting, flawed people.

Studying psychology is fun because you're always looking for the same things I think a writer should be looking for, which is the story behind the story.

I'm so fascinated with the study of people and why they are the way they are. That's my research and my archaeology, if you will, when I get a role. I'm so excited to attack a part from every angle of what makes a person a person.

I guess I'm just quite observant and I pay attention to a lot of things. Human behavior really fascinates me.

I've always been fascinated by people, their psychology, what drives them and trying to understand them.

I spent my entire childhood observing people. I still do.

I love people, I love studying people more than history. So whatever situation I see, then I look at, what were the people like, more than history itself.

I'm interested in character and people and motivations and things like that.

I really do love psychology and philosophy but I'm no professional at these things. Because I love seeing the true side of humanity, as I've continued that, I have ultimately lent towards philosophy and psychology but it is not something in which I try to study.

I love to study people and pick apart what makes a person or character who they are. I never want to get complacent in that.

I'm someone who likes to explore the complexities in people.

Psychology is simply great because it helps you better understand all kinds of people.

I'm interested in what makes people tick, how they think, what makes them behave the way they do.

I often pose questions to myself and want the answers. The questions may be psychological or emotional. Or they may involve botany or [...] physiology. [...] I am very curious about strangers I observe - as in a bus line. I am very attached to finding out answers.

The more one analyses people, the more all reasons for analysis disappear. Sooner or later one comes to that dreadful universal thing called human nature.

My theory was that what I had to do was make a study of human behavior.

I think I really like psychology because my job is all about getting inside another person's mind and thoughts.