Gillian Flynn Quotes

Anyone who devotes time and attention to what makes people tick, to me, is a smart person.

I think probably the reason why I really enjoy acting is that I really am interested in people. I'm interested in what they think, why they think it and what happened in their lives to make them see things a certain way.

I don't take anything at face value. I always look for the reasons people are the way they are.

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

I'm insatiably curious about human nature.

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

How can one know anything at all about people?

Every man is a volume if you know how to read him.

I like reading novels because it provides insight into human behavior. I am really interested in feelings and think they are what define us as a species. When you really get it right in acting, it's an act of empathy. You feel less distant from others, and that is really exciting.

I love, I love human beings, studying them.

I'm a complete human being. I'm very emotional and loving. I feel, I hurt, I give, I take, and also I think. I analyze. I'm a sociologist, anthropologist.

I like to investigate all different kinds of people, I guess, and find out what makes them who they are, and try to be honest in the portrayal, and truthful, and find out how to understand that person, how to communicate that person's experience.

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

I want books to give me insight into the way people's brains work and hearts work, and that's what engages me.

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

I learned a lot about human nature. So much, in fact, that human nature will be my specialist subject on 'Mastermind'.

The joy of my heart is to 'study men, their manners, and their ways,' and for this darling object I cheerfully sacrifice every other consideration.

Taking on different characters and seeing things through the eyes of different people is interesting to me. When I look at what people are going through in life, I try to understand their story.

I've learnt to not look that deeply into what people say as it's mostly a reflection of themselves.

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

It is only with the passions of others that we are ever really familiar, and what we come to discover about our own can only be learned from them.

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

I don't know how you can understand other people or yourself if you haven't read a lot of books. I just don't think you're equipped to deal with the demands and decisions of life, particularly in your dealings with other people.

My primary interest has always been about exploring the human psyche and humanity.

No man really knows about other human beings. The best he can do is to suppose that they are like himself.