Colum McCann Quotes

The older I get, the more my curiosity grows, and every book I write is a new exploration.

You discover yourself through the research of your work.

You write about what you know, and you write about what you want to know.

I've always wanted to broaden my horizons.

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

The day you stop learning and creating must be the most boring day.

I'm really passionate about things I enjoy, and I like to be out there doing things, and learning and challenging myself. So it's just more fun that way, just to get out and try and do and learn and meet people and try to do something new.

Writing isn't necessarily about what one knows but what one wants to know.

I kind of do all of this writing as a way of thinking and learning. I'm sure it's similar to being a journalist: You get to learn, and that's the greatest kind of job.

We get inspired and we learn new things.

I learned a lot I wouldn't have learned roaming the streets of Dallas.

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

To learn something new every day is still exciting!

I would be a poorer person if the only things I knew were what I had found out for myself.

I fear the boredom that comes with not learning and not taking chances.

I like going to museums and stuff, but I also like going out and doing lots of physical activity like camping and hiking. I like doing stuff that I've never done before. Curiosity is a big thing. Usually it means that people are intelligent and that they want to learn stuff about the world.

I always like being able to do something I haven't done before.

You never know what you will learn till you start writing. Then you discover truths you never knew existed.

I love to see new things, and I love to learn. I always learn so much when I travel - that's the best thing.

For me, one of the privileges of being a writer is to poke your nose around and learn about worlds you don't know.

To learn something new, take the path that you took yesterday.

You will enrich your life immeasurably if you approach it with a sense of wonder and discovery, and always challenge yourself to try new things.

By not going to school I learned that the world is a beautiful place and needs to be discovered.

I like to discover new things.

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.