“A lot of what acting is, is paying attention.”

“Pay appropriate attention to what has your attention, so you can pay attention to what really has your attention.”

“The simple act of paying attention can take you a long way.”

“Paying attention is not just analyzing carefully; rather, it is a constructive act… What we build has only the dimensions we have given it.”

“The main thing to do is pay attention. Pay close attention to everything, notice what no one else notices. Then you'll know what no one else knows, and that's always useful.”

“The longer I observe the way people really act, the happier I am that I never pay attention to them.”

“From the simplest lyric to the most complex novel and densest drama, literature is asking us to pay attention. Pay attention to the frog. Pay attention to the west wind. Pay attention to the boy on the raft, the lady in the tower, the old man on the train. In sum, pay attention to the world and all that dwells therein and thereby learn at last to pay attention to yourself and all that dwells therein.”

“He looks at you a lot. When you're not paying attention. He looks at you, to see if you're having a good time.”

“COINCIDENCE You weren’t paying attention to the other half of what was going on.”

“Survival lies in sanity, and sanity lies in paying attention… the capacity for delight is the gift of paying attention.”