I’m endlessly fascinated by the way people interact, what they say to each other and how they respond to different situations.

I suppose that was an example of close attention to detail that is common to writers and artists. It is imperative, whether consciously or not, that one observe the vast as well as the infinitesimal...

If I wouldn’t have looked under the hood, I’d have never noticed the problem. But as far as I know, the problem didn’t exist before I opened the hood. So did I cause the problem...

I tried telling him without telling him, through body language, and I observed he was unobservant.

Anything disguised as anything is chameleon. A ghost disguised as an unobservable and invisible object is a great example. Still, that’s easier to see than the love my ex wife had for me.

I’m not a perfectionist. I’m just very observant.

To me, a good friend is one who doesn’t talk, but who listens all the time. Someone who is observant. Someone who wiretaps your phone lines. I consider myself a good friend.

Sometimes those who love most deeply can’t get past the weight of their own feelings.

Lord X was a tyrant, not a revolutionary. He wanted to take over the system, not change it.

Learn to look up now and then, just in case a piano is falling from overhead.

Begin to see the violence around you; begin to see the violence within you.

One must always be aware, to notice—even though the cost of noticing is to become responsible.