The sentiments of an adult are compounded of a kernal of instinct surrounded by a vast husk of education.
They call it the drowning instinct. It's when drowning doesn't look like drowning. (pg. 241)
I don't always trust my own instincts. It would be nice if someone else would tell me what I should do with my life!
I don't really follow market research. In the end, I respond to my own instincts.
You have to trust your instincts. There is a moment when an actor has it, and he knows it.
I don't have confidence in my instincts, and I feel like I have to go through a very right-brain and left-brain process.
Human action is governed largely by instinct and emotion.
There's so much noise that's happening in our world, but the little voice that you've always got to listen to is your gut and your intuition, and you can do things and go beyond boundaries, if you to trust that gut and instinct.
I'm so respectful of good writing. It's the blueprint for the movie. You have to have that script there because, if you don't, you're going to have problems. It's very important. It's also a gut instinct.
Don't you dare underestimate the power of your own instinct.
You should always trust the instincts of children.
Human institutions depend for their existence and stability on the impulse of self-preservation and its close associate, the fear instinct.
Janice used to say that instinct was reason in a hurry; I was not so sure about the reason part.
Obligation is a flimsy base for creativity, way down the list behind passion, courage, instinct, and the desire to do something great.
We surely know by some nameless instinct more about our futures than we think we know.
Never presume that I will not act on my worst instincts.
I think a gentleman is someone who holds the comfort of other people above their own. The instinct to do that is inside every good man, I believe. The rules about opening doors and buying dinner and all of that other 'gentleman' stuff is a chess game, especially these days.
Intuition is more than knowledge, and truth comes pure from the heart.
None of my books has been ever in my head; after they're finished, they go. It's like being a sort of medium; you just grab it when it's there then just release it when it's time to go. There's a lot of instinct, not planning.
Because this is the beauty of strangers: we're all just doing our best to help each other out, motivated not by karma but by a natural instinct to help the greater whole.