Quotes About Communication

Being able to be dry in a second language is almost the last thing you learn.

A lot of the time you have older writers who think that every teenager says 'dude' all the time.

You don't realize when you're younger that how I treat this person coming up to me will affect their view of me for the rest of their lives. You can lose several fans because that one person will tell all the rest of their people about it, or they could be like, 'Man, that dude was cool as hell.'

The thing I like about singing duets is that I get things out of my voice I never get singing by myself.

Women, you need to understand something. Men are not as dumb as you think they are.

I don't think you need to dumb down to a child, you merely have to be clear, you know?

A shot-down advance doesn't have to mean the end of a relationship, right? You can still be friends, as long as you're not dumb about it.

I can't dumb down for the audience because I believe my audience is at least as smart as I am.

They see a blooper here and there, and they just think, 'Oh, he's dumb.' I mean, what can I do? I can't 'at' everyone on Twitter and tell them I'm not dumb. Because that looks dumb.

Me personally, I think that when I take my time with something, it comes out a lot better, because I can really, really get my point across, and if I see that like, this might be a little too deep, I figure out a way to dumb it down so that everybody can understand where I'm going.

You're dumber than you think I think you are.

If I went for too long without writing, I would start to feel like something inside me was dying.

Why wouldn't I like to walk into a room full of people who are dying to hear everything I say?

I think for a lot of women, when we find ourselves in the doctor's office, there's a kind of power dynamic there where sometimes it's difficult to push back, to ask questions, to be persistenr.

My voice has many dynamics in it. Like my little body.

When you're in a high-stress situation, dynamics between people can change.

There is literally no one on earth who isn't interested in relationship dynamics, or how to meet someone special. Or if they've already met someone special, how to make that relationship as good as it can be. It's a universal subject.

You show me a family, I'll show you dysfunction.

Every family is dysfunctional, whether you want to admit it or not.

A dysfunctional team means a dysfunctional - and likely doomed - company.

Most families are dysfunctional.

Everybody's family is dysfunctional.

My children have really liked the men in my life and they have liked each one of them.

I've done a lot of theater, and I know that it's a different audience each time who doesn't know the story, and we have to tell it.