Eavesdrop Quotes

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

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

It's the way to educate your eyes. Stare. Pry, listen eavesdrop. Die knowing something. You are not here long.

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

If I didn't try to eavesdrop on every bus ride I take or look for the humor when I go for a walk, I would just be depressed all the time.

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.

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

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?

The president overstepped his authority when he asked the NSA to eavesdrop on Americans' international phone calls without obtaining a warrant.

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