William Gibson Quotes

I suppose I am interested in the variety of human life - how people live. I am most interested in individuals and how they respond to challenges or to difficulties or just to each other. I am curious about people.

I'm curious about people. That's what I've always done since I've been a small boy. I'm curious about others.

I'm just totally fascinated by people.

Writers are socially observant. We find people endlessly fascinating, and real life is mysterious. Sometimes it's hard to stop staring at the strut and squawk of my fellow man. They can be quite inspiring. Sometimes it's hard to stop talking to them to see what in the world they're thinking.

I'm a voyeur. I say that with no embarrassment. If I could have a superpower, being invisible would be it, no question. I'm fascinated by human behavior; observing people and seeing how much story gets told without a lot of dialogue, and how much our brain fills in.

I'm still passionately interested in what my fellow humans are up to. For me, a day spent monitoring the passing parade is a day well-spent.

I'm just incredibly interested in people.

I am and always have been fascinated with people, and I have a very good time coming up with the narratives of people's lives, exploring how a person thinks and feels.

We've become a race of Peeping Toms. What people oughta do is get outside their own house and look in for a change.

I love reading people. I really enjoy watching, observing, and being able to figure out a person, the reason they wore that dress, the reason they smell the way they do.

My biggest job really is to figure other people out. I need to understand what makes a person tick.

Self-knowledge comes from knowing other men.

Gossip. The more you talk about why people do things, the more ideas you have about how the world works.

I love observing people.

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

I'm fascinated by people in general and what interests them, what it is that someone connects to or what it is that they're passionate about.

When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but creatures of emotion.

It is something I recognise in myself. I do eavesdrop. I do people-watch, a lot.

I was always such a people-watcher. I would sit on street corners alone and watch people and make up stories about them in my head. Then, all of a sudden, I was the one being watched.

I'm insatiably curious about human nature. I feel very lucky that as a writer I get to learn so much about it just to do my job right.

Comedy is a reaction to the world, and I think it really helps to be an outsider. I've always been very interested in people's behavior, to the point of being obsessed - seeing what people needed and reading them, I think that's the backbone of comedy.

I Iike listening to people talking. I'm really interested in people's lives and what makes us work, what makes us weak, at times, and things that can make us stronger.

I think being fascinated by others is just who we are; we're curious creatures.

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

I think you can tell a lot about people if you observe them as they're observing.