Svetlana Alliluyeva Quotes

I find humans tremendously interesting.

We are human, and nothing is more interesting to us than humanity.

In a non-supernatural universe, there's just character, and it's humanity and human beings and how they relate to each other.

Politics disappears; it vanishes. What remains constant is human life. So I try to develop a perspective in my writing where politics is just one of the pieces of furniture in this furnished world. It is not the purpose. It is not the goal.

What I'm interested in is human beings alone.

The proper study of Mankind is Man.

I think of myself as a very ordinary person. I like writing about the juxtaposition between people: the beauty of them at times and then the banal, everyday context in which we find ourselves.

I was primarily interested in people, and people in action, so that I did nothing photographically in the sense of doing buildings for their own sake or a still life or anything like that.

What is the most interesting thing to people? Other people.

I think if you write about human relationships, you're always exploring the psyche and the soul. I don't separate certain - perhaps more extreme - things that people do from others.

There is a great deal of human nature in man.

I look at life, the experiences I've had, at the human condition, the dynamics between people, the news (world news), and draw from the compelling realities all around us.

Really I don't like human nature unless all candied over with art.

We can't solve any problem without first solving the problem of human nature

I connect with just plain old everyday people. Human behavior fascinates me, the people who are the nuts and bolts of this country who help hold up the world.

All my work is always that exploration of human nature.

I think human nature is eternal and constant.

I think that, like the show 'Game of Thrones,' our fascination with power struggles is pretty unanimous.

But I think 'Love, Actually' has a very realistic view of human nature in line with the latest scientific evidence. The opening scene, where Hugh Grant's character talks about the arrivals gate at Heathrow, is about friendship and connection, it's about who we really are as a species.

We are human, and nothing is more interesting to us than humanity. The appeal of literature is that it is so thoroughly a human thing — by, for and about human beings. If you lose that focus, you obviate the source of the power and permanence of literature.

A theme I'm obsessed with is the tension between human nature and the frameworks designed to curb the worst and promote the best of it.

I first read 'Lord of the Flies' as a teenager. I remember feeling disillusioned afterwards, but not for a second did I think to doubt Golding's view of human nature.

Military history is essential to understanding any history and, moreover, is a terrifying and sobering study in the realities of human nature - for yes, to me, such a thing exists, and history indeed proves it.

The rules of wildlife are simple and clear, which is not the case for men.

One of my pleasures is observing people's behavior and pointing out the inconsistencies that we all sort of have at the center of our lives.