J. K. Rowling Quotes

The word 'eavesdropper' originally referred to people who, under the pretence of taking in some fresh air, would stand under the 'eavesdrip' of their house - from which the collected raindrops would fall - in the hopes of catching any juicy tid-bits of information that might come their way from their neighbour's property.

There is an art to eavesdropping, but I think to some extent we are all guilty of picking up those little odds and ends that can be quite intriguing if you analyse them.

Declining to go to church with my parents in the morning, I would ostentatiously set out for the Monist Society in the afternoon, down an obscure street which it seemed a little improper to be walking on, as everything was closed for Sunday, upstairs through a sort of side entrance over a saloon.

I do love to eavesdrop. It's inspirational, not only for subject matter but for actual dialogue, the way people talk.

Any place is good for eavesdropping, if you know how to eavesdrop.

I got to eavesdrop at a window. As Clay said, I did have another option. I could wait in the car and let them fill me in later. So, eavesdropping it was.

I'm a really good eavesdropper. I listen to what people say and remember all the buzzwords.

My mom told me if I ever got a tattoo, she was going to take it off with a potato peeler.

Sometimes I eavesdrop on people. I could rationalize it - oh, this is good anthropological research for characters I'm writing - but it's basically just nosiness. It also helps me gauge where I'm at: Am I normal?

I think I'm very curious about other people. I like to sit and eavesdrop, you know.

If you're like me and nosy, you're always eavesdropping on other people's conversations.

I got into a lot of trouble. Maybe that's why my parents didn't really like me and I didn't blend in with my family. I was always the naughty one.

What do you mean? Grace Brisbane, you do not mean that you're not going back home again. Tell me that this was just because you were momentarily angry at them for grounding you. Or even tell me it's because you could not live without The Boy's stunning Boyfruits for another night. But don't tell me you think it's forever!

Sometimes my mum is very disapproving of my comedy.

[Wiretapping is] a dirty business…. [Espionage] has been employed by every tribe and state since the beginning of history.

Everybody spies on everybody.

My parents felt so uncomfortable coming to the kind of theater I was in; they had nothing to say about it.

I got the dragon on my leg when I was still living with my dad. He's not a fan of tattoos, so I had to get it behind his back; he kind of freaked out when he saw it.

My own father flipped out on me when I told him we decided to ditch our doctor and go with a midwife instead.

I am an incorrigible eavesdropper, so I am very much influenced by what I hear.

I was very successful, and I graduated with honors. And then I called my dad, who still lives in London, and I said, 'Dad, thanks for college, but I'm going to go act now.' It didn't go over very well.

I got kicked out of my father's home because of my feelings towards hip-hop.

When I was 16, I was watching '101 Dalmatians,' and my mom never let me bleach my hair, so I told her I was going to dye my hair like Cruella De Vil; she didn't believe me. I came home with my hair like this, and she didn't talk to me for, like, a week. It was really hilarious.

My biggest source of inspiration is listening to people's conversations. I'm a big eavesdropper.

The hours of the morning between breakfast and lunch were the time which the inhabitants of Riseholme chiefly devoted to spying on each other.