Bradbury Quote by Don Roff

If you could eavesdrop on everything said about you, you'd spend most of your time waiting for the subject to come up.

— Robert Breault

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

— Lynda Barry

Okay, this is Fran Lebowitz. She gave an interview once for the Paris Review about trying to write fiction and saying that fiction writers…

— Sloane Crosley

“I want to write a book called “Conversations.” Of course, it’s all talk at this point.”

— Jarod Kintz

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

— Jane Smiley

I'm slightly obsessed with women's history, so I'd love to talk to Emily Dickinson or Louisa May Alcott.

— Sandi Toksvig

I strike up conversations all the time and it is very interesting, finding out about things I know nothing about.

— Peter Ackroyd

Conversations are the most direct way to connect with people.

— Padgett Powell

I'm a fan of meeting readers face to face, at reader events, where we're able to sit down and take some time to talk.

— Suzanne Brockmann

“Writers are professional eavesdroppers.”

— Tolulope Popoola

“The most reliable topic for small talk is the goings-on of stars whether they’re rising or falling, and whether nor not a particular story…

— Victoria Moran

If you can't really have a conversation with someone candidly about it it's something that you'll always have something to learn from when it…

— Elizabeth Olsen