Quotes About Communication

I think you can say so much about a character in lots of subtle ways.

Don't be too clever for an audience. Make it obvious. Make the subtleties obvious also.

There are really so many subtleties of meaning and observation that very often are not expressed by writers.

We can bring it all down to the subtleties of the shifting of an eye because we know the camera will catch it. That has been a great thing to learn, and it makes it interesting for a guy who has been in it as long as I have.

It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety.

One of the biggest problems in literature is the lack of subtlety.

To pull off successful attacks in debates, you have to execute with nuance and subtlety. It has to be artful.

If we do away with semi-colons, parentheses and much else, we will lose all music, nuance and subtlety in communication - and end up shouting at one another in block capitals.

When you're in seeing someone like Ellen Page, and you're right then, it's just the two of you. You're locked in. There's this incredible subtlety and control of the actor who's sitting across from you that you're really required to step up your game.

Because I write very simply, but inside the simplicity, there's a lot of subtlety. That's what I'm proud of.

I'm a writer; I like to retain subtlety and nuance.

When you are trying to express things with metaphors and much more subtlety, that's when you are doing yourself a disservice by making a video.

You don't want to hit readers over the head like they're completely incapable of picking up on subtlety.

If you've ever watched a television cartoon, you know that kids don't appreciate subtlety, though perhaps that's because they're not often offered it.

Subtlety doesn't work with kids.

I don't see the point of having 80 million people online if all they are doing in the end is talking to ghosts in the suburbs.

When the Internet really first started to hit, people felt this would be the death blow: after suburbs and long commutes and television and the death of the family dinner, this would be the last straw that would totally break society.

I wish I had taken Spanish instead of French in high school. I could eavesdrop on a lot more conversations on the subway if I knew Spanish.

Our children are angry. The profanity is out in the street. It's on the buses and in the subway. Our children are trying to tell us something, and we are not listening.

I have met people on the subway who have told me the most profound stories, and I am convinced we all have something to teach each other if we just slow down long enough to hear the message.

It's fundamental to succeed in coming into contact with your subject. Whether it's a big Hollywood star or a passer-by in the street, it makes no difference.

There's something which impels us to show our inner souls. The more courageous we are, the more we succeed in explaining what we know.

As long as people are clear on what they need to do and what's going on, you're very likely to succeed. When nobody is clear, then you're guaranteed to fail.

I always told people in the private sector, 'You can be the smartest person in the world, you can have the very best ideas, but if you can't sell them and you can't get other people to work with you, you're not going to succeed.'