"It is something I recognise in myself. I……" — Jon McGregor

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

— Jon McGregor

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21 Quotes by Jon McGregor

Jon McGregor has 21 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

If nobody speaks of remarkable things, how can they be called remarkable?
Last week I was just someone who had had a first novel published.
Everybodys got their own situation and their own needs.
I once saw a picture in the paper of John Hegley with 'poet' written on his knuckles, and I thought…
Now that I've had a book published, it is quite validating, but a bit embarrassing.
It takes a lot of energy and creativity to make such screwed up lives carry on. And the kind of…
People seem to be losing their sense of boundaries more and more, what people are willing to put up on…
You must always look with both of your eyes and listen with both of your ears. He says this is…
If you listen, you can hear it. The city, it sings. If you stand quietly, at the foot of a…
I say too much of what, he says too much of everything, too much stuff, too many places, too much…
He thinks about her, at this moment, in her house, a few thin walls away, packing her life into boxes…
She wonders if you can feel nostalgic for something before it's in the past, she wonders if perhaps her vocabulary…

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More Eavesdrop Quotes

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I do love to eavesdrop. It's inspirational, not only for subject matter but for actual dialogue, the way people talk. — Lynda Barry
If I didn't try to eavesdrop on every bus ride I take or look for the humor when I go… — Lynda Barry
The president overstepped his authority when he asked the NSA to eavesdrop on Americans' international phone calls without obtaining a… — Sherrod Brown
It is the way to educate your eye and more. Stare, pry, listen, eavesdrop. — Walker Evans
Technology is not a panacea. I refuse to work on technology to track users, analyze usage patterns, watermark information, censor,… — Bram Cohen
If you could eavesdrop on everything said about you, you'd spend most of your time waiting for the subject to… — Robert Breault
I run everywhere and eavesdrop. It's the best way to see a city. — Elayne Boosler
A journalist is basically a chronicler, not an interpreter of events. Where else in society do you have the license… — Bill Moyers
I wish I had taken Spanish instead of French in high school. I could eavesdrop on a lot more conversations… — Meg Cabot
I go to bars and restaurants, and I sit and I eavesdrop on people and I watch people in shopping… — Janet Evanovich
Stare, pry, listen, eavesdrop. Die knowing something. You are not here long. — Walker Evans
Sometimes I eavesdrop on people. I could rationalize it - oh, this is good anthropological research for characters I'm writing… — Mindy Kaling

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