A Quote by Jane Smiley

Eavesdrop and write it down from memory - gives you a stronger sense of how people talk and what their concerns are. I love to eavesdrop!

Jane Smiley

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Concerns Down Gives How Love Memory People Sense Stronger Talk Write

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Jane Smiley
American - Novelist
Born: September 26, 1949

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

Lynda Barry

I go to bars and restaurants, and I sit and I eavesdrop on people and I watch people in shopping centers and, you know, I read the newspapers and I talk to the Trenton cops, and I just get a lot of information that comes in that somehow turns into a book.

Janet Evanovich

I always have a notebook with me, I eavesdrop; I write down what people say. It's very rare that one of those things will provoke a story, but I think that that kind of paying attention all the time, and keeping everything open, lets the stories come in. But where they come from is still a mystery to me.

Kate DiCamillo

I'd love to be able to be invisible, because I like to eavesdrop.

Cheyenne Jackson

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

Tom Waits

It is something I recognise in myself. I do eavesdrop. I do people-watch, a lot.

Jon McGregor

That's the point, to get the people who wouldn't otherwise think to eavesdrop on a conversation that involves science.

Neil deGrasse Tyson

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

Rachel Weisz

We've ignored audiences all these years. We've just amused ourselves and hoped enough people would want to eavesdrop to make it all viable.

Bob Mortimer

I run everywhere and eavesdrop. It's the best way to see a city.

Elayne Boosler

Kids who don't eavesdrop on adult conversations are doomed to a childhood of ignorance.

Kelley Armstrong

You saved Dad's life. If anyone's got the right to eavesdrop on him, it's you.

J. K. Rowling

Stare, pry, listen, eavesdrop. Die knowing something. You are not here long.

Walker Evans

It is the way to educate your eye and more. Stare, pry, listen, eavesdrop.

Walker Evans

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?