A Quote by Diana Wynne Jones

Yes, you are nosy. You're a dreadfully nosy, horribly bossy, appallingly clean old woman. Control yourself. You're victimizing us all.

Diana Wynne Jones

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Diana Wynne Jones
English - Novelist
August 16, 1934 - March 26, 2011

I'm heading for a clean-named place like Wisconsin, and mad as a jack-o'-lantern, will get there without help and nosy proclivities.

John Ashbery

I love bossy women. Some people hate the word, and I understand how "bossy" can seem like a shitty way to describe a woman with a determined point of view, but for me, a bossy woman is someone to search out and celebrate. A bossy woman is someone who cares and commits and is a natural leader.

Amy Poehler

All of us, whether public figures or private individuals, should feel safe in our own homes and not fear surveillance from nosy neighbours.

Ann Widdecombe

People in England are so bloody nosy.

Elton John

I grew a reputation for always asking questions and being nosy.

Tamron Hall

Crime fiction is a way of satisfying that nosy need to know.

Sophie Hannah

I'm just super nosy, I love trying to understand what's going on.

Joanna Coles

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

James Lapine

I know of three ways to recognize another writer: Writers are shamelessly nosy. Writers tell good stories, even about dumb old, daily things. On most writers, the earmarks of thrift, if not outright povery, are evident.

Joyce Thompson

Writers are nosy people; we are endlessly curious: we ask questions when we shouldn't - we peek around corners when we are least expected.

Ann Turner

[Adolf Hitler] was always intensely worried about security and people watching or being nosy, intruding on his private life.

Gretl Braun

As a filmmaker, I'm interminably curious and nosy, but certain times you meet people and think, 'I don't want to push you too hard because I can see this is painful for you.'

Kevin Macdonald

I'm quite nosy. Somebody will be reading a book on a train, and I'll go: 'How is it? Is it any good?' and they'll be like, 'Yeah, now let me read it.'

Ophelia Lovibond

It's probably a form of childish curiosity that keeps me going as a fiction writer. I ... want to open everybody's bureau drawers and see what they keep in there. I'm nosy.

Margaret Atwood

I'm usually too shy to write on planes because I assume that everyone on board is as nosy as I am and will look over my shoulder and read what I'm writing.

Chelsea Cain

For me photography is an excuse to be nosy about things I want to know about.

David Hurn

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