Quotes About Engrossment

The thing I do, really, is a communication with audiences more than any achievement through records.

Un hombre puede adquirir una brillante reputación como conversador dejando, simplemente, que su interlocutor lleve el peso de la conversación

I have found, Mr. Noir, that if you make a story with gaps in it, people just step in to fill them up, they can't help themselves.

Bandage any part of your body If people ask about it, make a story and tell If people do not ask about it, draw their attention to it and tell If people forget about it, remind them of it and keep telling. Do not talk about anything else

Small talk is the verbal equivalent of that first domino: It starts a chain reaction with all kinds of implications for your life.

La buena escritura es la que empuja al lector a un compromiso activo. El arte realmente efectivo exige que el público haga al menos la mitad del trabajo

Participant. A participant is active, a part of the process, and a necessary component of the magical experience. This is how it should be. No magic happens unless the participant perceives it as magical, so she can never be a mere spectator.

Sitting on the sidelines in our interconnected world is not a sufficient response.

Ruthanna said, her interest piqued. Maya shook her head

I don't want to have to play catch-up at the end of the day. I need to be a part of his daily life and he needs to be a part of mine.

When I talk to the camera, mate, it's not like I'm talking to the camera, I'm talking to you because I want to whip you around and plunk you right there with me.

Sometimes you fixate on something so much that everything else fades away.

Parky, isn't it?" Strike said to the frowning constable and her companion as he and Robin walked back past them.

The minimalist storyteller deliberately gives this last critical bit of work to the audience.

to come out from under and get involved

Never be left speechless again. Like a parrot, simply repeat the last few words your conversation partner says. That puts the ball right back in his or her court, and then all you need to do is listen.

Christianity is not a spectator sport. It's something in which we become totally involved.

In life, be a participant, not a spectator.

Fenworth!' Yes?' You bore me with your prattle.' Oh, regrettable that. Why don't you seek the company of someone who doesn't prattle? Seems like a good solution to your problem.

Talk for fifteen minutes a day without using I, me, my, mine.

Reed had never seen Allie so mesmerized, and for good reason.

Life isn't something you possess. It's something you take part in, and you witness.

Technology is notorious for engrossing people so much that they don't always focus on balance and enjoy life at the same time.

Don't be a spectator, don't let life pass you by