Quotes About Communication

I've always loved radio. Television scares me, because I'm older.

Nothing scares me about marriage.

I feel like I try to write from an honest of a place as I can - without scaring people off too much, I guess.

I don't like scaring people off. When I tell people I'm a writer, they look kind of interested. Then I tell them that I write poetry, and they think I'm weird.

It's not easy to sit down and open yourself up and say, 'This is how much I love you,' you know? It's scary to do that.

When you can't ask a question of your leaders anymore, that gets scary.

If I want to tell a story to 10 people, I don't need a star. If I want to tell it to 10,000 people, the best case scenario is you get an actor and a star.

If you can't move and talk to people that you see, it's not really my scene.

I like talky scenes.

I would say the most difficult part of film-making is dealing with people you are working with and trying to forget the drama that goes behind the scenes.

It is a treat to do scenes where you silently enact.

We deal with erratic travel and shooting schedules and it can be tough. It requires a little effort but if you want to be in a relationship you will find a way.

We don't have 9-5 schedules, Travis and I, so we really try to work with each other's schedules.

Casey Affleck is someone I want to work with again. We almost had him on 'Pete's Dragon,' but his scheduling issues didn't work out.

I was writing in English since my school days in Amritsar.

I am a good listener. I think that came from my schooling.

I think there's a certain lyricism in the telling of a scientific story.

One of the best and most responsible things a scientist can do is to write for the popular press.

We need to know math to be a good scientist, but math is a language, and we need to learn the language because that's the language of science.

I would say it's important for scientists to speak out when they can and when they can be listened to.

People don't generally listen to scientists much.

I spend a lot of time talking to other scientists and writing to other scientists.

Scientists don't like to be called salesmen.

People often write to me, addressing the envelope, 'Stephen Hendry, Snooker Player' or 'Stephen Hendry, Scotland,' and it reaches me.