Arthur Conan Doyle Quotes

Until we know what motivates the hearts and minds of men we can understand nothing outside ourselves, nor will we ever reach fulfillment as that greatest miracle of all, the human being.

There is no knowing what is in a man's heart.

My fascination is not for cinema; it's for human nature and human beings because I find it quite difficult being one at times.

I'm insatiably curious about human nature.

People are complex. I'm just showing my complexity.

Coming to terms with our true natures and who we really are has always been a fascination to humans. I know it fascinates me.

I think I'm very interested in people, in the way our minds work and how we navigate through the experience that is life. Very interested in people's struggles and their choices and their regrets and joys. I'm very interested in the human animal.

There is nothing deep down inside us except what we have put there ourselves.

It seems to me that we are profoundly ignorant of ourselves.

I often feel like I have this spirit living inside of me, always dressing in like short mini skirts... but then I start to discover myself. So there are eight spirits, mischievous ones, sad ones, handsome ones, wise ones, and crazy ones.

What interests me are the complexities and contradictions and struggles and joys of messy human beings.

The psychology of a complex mind must differ almost as much from that of a simple, mechanized mind as its psychology would from ours; because something that must underlie and perhaps be even greater than sex is involved.

The father's greatest folly is that he believes he can be a much more simple person than he is; he is not really able to deal with his own complexity as a human being.

Science, literature, and common sense tell us that the self is a fickle thing, subject to revision in real time, and that the chasm that exists between any two people exists inside each and every one of us.

The human body is the best picture of the human soul.

There are so many ways in which the heart of man conceals itself from man!

I think people have a lot of layers. I know I do in particular.

I learned so much about life and other human beings - then about myself.

For me, I start at the place that my characters are human. I start at the place that they are onions that are layered and meant to be peeled, just as we as human beings are.

We all contain mysteries, especially when seen from the inside.

We can't love our neighbors till we know how crooked their hearts are.

We can never, even by the strictest examination, get completely behind the secret springs of action.

Villains are not fun for me to play, as such. But caricature-ish, intense behaviors that are based on real human traits are interesting. That makes an interesting story.

No person can ever know everything that is in the heart of another. We are all Face Dancers in our souls.

All of us are richer and more fascinating and more complex than we can ever know.