Observational Ability Quotes

In the heart of consciousness is subjectivity, this sense of having a self that observes one's own organism and the world around that organism. That is really the heart of consciousness.

I think I have a very detailed sense of observation. I am interested in the details of people's lives and what information these details give.

If you feel like an outsider, you tend to observe things a lot more.

A great writer picks up on those things that matter. It’s almost like their radar is attuned to the most significant moments.

I don't understand how you can be a decent writer and not know people.

children are made of eyes and ears, and nothing, however minute, escapes their microscopic observation.

I use zero photography. I have a photographic memory and a complete knowledge of anatomy and physiology, and an interest in grasping the moment of what is happening, not just the outside, but the inside out.

Being a good observer is a great tool to have as a writer, just taking the world in.

As I considered Parker and his absurdist reflection in the Westlake-authored 'Dortmunder' novels, I wrote, 'His natural ability to observe human behavior and to follow an idea, no matter how bizarre, through to its proper, rightful finish echoed the vision of an architect.'

I believe the power of observation in numbers of very young children to be quite wonderful for its closeness and accuracy. Indeed, I think that most grown people who are remarkable in this respect, may with greater propriety be said not to have lost the faculty, than to have acquired it; the rather, as I generally observe such men to retain a certain freshness, and gentleness, and capacity of being pleased, which are also an inheritance they have preserved from their childhood.