Nicholas Sparks Quotes

She looks at me. She does. She.

If people don't feel they've got your attention, you're not going to succeed.

I can get obsessed by anything if I look at it long enough. That's the curse of being a photographer.

A mind which really lays hold of a subject is not easily detached from it.

I get so engaged when I have a problem you cannot solve that I just cannot break away from what I am doing - I keep thinking and thinking and cannot stop.

You watch Bono in a room - and we're talking about a room of thousands swarming around him - he'll take every single person and make that moment about them. You can pat him on the back or pull his arm, he's not looking away from the person he's talking to.

There's a fullness that happens when someone is focussed on you. For me, if I'm being fully looked at and paid attention to and seen, I'm filled up by that.

In apartments and cottages, on the street and in the train... I listen... More and more, I turn into one large ear, always turning to another person.

Eyes open, then," I say, tapping the skin between my eyebrows. I don’t really need her eyes to be on mine, but I feel better when they are.

Are you following me?" she asks, but doesn't meet my gaze. "Yeah," I say. "Why?" I give her the only honest and true answer I have. "You're where I want to be.

He put his cold hands on either side of my face and fixed his golden eyes on mine. "Would you please tell me what you're thinking? Before I go mad?

I sensed him leaning forward. It's weird to feel someone's attention on you that way, like you're the only thing in the world they're listening to. Most of the time people are distracted, or just thinking about what they're going to say next.

Look . . . at . . . me. . . .

A good radio show will captivate you, and it's active listening. It's not in the background.

I sit at a table close to his desk. Ivy is in this class. She sits by the door. I keep staring at her, trying to make her look at me. That happens in movies - people can feel it when oother people stare at them and they just have to turn around and say something. Either Ivy has a great force field, or my lazer vision isn't very strong.

In life we listen to other people. Listen with varying degrees of concentration and attention, right? Actors must learn to listen in a different way.

The audience, that's who I care about.

If I'm talking to someone in a crowded room, I try to make this person feel as though we're the only ones present. I shut out everything else. I look directly at the person. Even if a gorilla were to walk into the room, I probably wouldn't notice it.

I believe in being fully present. That means you should be with the person you’re with.

Just looking at each other is something really moving to me, more so than the nudity.

The hearing ear is always found close to the speaking tongue.

People who stare deserve the looks they get.

When you speak to a man, look on his eyes; when he speaks to you, look on his mouth.

I’ve always seen you, angel. From the moment you found me, I’ve seen nothing but you.

The challenge is to just focus on what's actually happening, focus on the people who get it, and focus on the people who are listening.