Attention Quote by Teju Cole

When we go to the movies, we identify with the characters we see. That's why we go to the movies; we have a voyeuristic…

— Roger Ebert

All dramatic realism is somewhat sadistic; an audience is persuaded to watch something that makes it uncomfortable and from which no relief is offered…

— Mary McCarthy

“I used to think rewatching and rereading were embarrassingly boring pastimes. But there is something to be said for how comforting it is to…

— Emery Lord

“People don't read any more. It's a sad state of affairs. Reading's the only thing that allows you to use your imagination. When you…

— Lemmy Kilmister

“This paying attention is the foundational act of empathy, of listening, of seeing, of imagining experiences other than one's own, of getting out of…

— Rebecca Solnit

“Watching someone in the throes of raw grief is a terrible thing; the act of watching feels violent, intrusive, a violation. Yet we do…

— Paula Hawkins

I think it's more interesting to see people who don't feel appropriately. I relate to that, because sometimes I don't feel anything at all…

— Ryan Gosling

The Curious Incident brims with imagination, empathy, and vision — plus it's a lot of fun to read.

— Myla Goldberg

I think the act of reading imbues the reader with a sensitivity toward the outside world that people who don't read can sometimes lack.…

— John Connolly

Why are we reading, if not in hope of beauty laid bare, life heightened and its deepest mystery probed?

— Annie Dillard

We don't experience things collectively or cathartically anymore. Viewing has become an intensely private, fetishistic, compulsive process that happens separately from others, and that…

— Masha Tupitsyn

I think, when I'm writing, I have a more clinical view than I do when I'm reading. I like pretending to be God and…

— Jay McInerney