Quotes About Communication

Andrea Schulz became my editor in 2009.

My dad was an editor and a writer, and that's actually what I aspired to be.

As an editor, I have to be tactful, of course.

If there had been three public editors before me, the body might have absorbed it a little bit better.

As a linguist, I see the arbitrariness of strictures editors force on me as a writer.

I think editors have to come out of a certain kind of community.

I do a lot of brainstorming with my editors.

I'm very lucky in that my agent and my editors know better. They don't push me. Because I don't take that well.

Being biracial and being around my White family, I have to educate them.

I love my parents. Coming out to them was sort of coming out to myself. I educated them, and I wanted our relationship to keep growing. I wanted them to be a part of my life still. I wanted to be able to share with them what I was going through.

We have done a poor job educating people about education. Only when we have clarified that can we talk about how best to achieve it.

I totally believe parents should talk to their kids about drugs. I totally believe that educating them in every way is really important. But on the other hand, I've learned it's not as simple as that.

A lot of people understand what not saying anything means, so, in effect, not saying anything is really saying a lot.

I think humor can be an effective way of getting the point across, but there are definitely times where I just write very earnestly.

If you want somebody to tell you a story, one of the most easiest and effective ways is if you're telling them a story.

Miss Universe is someone who communicates her thoughts effectively and is able to connect to people.

People who want to express themselves effectively can learn a lot from the hard-won concision of the copywriter.

For all its deranging effects, I am always grateful to Twitter for the interesting ideas it surfaces.

In one sense, Facebook is very focused as an address book, as efficient communication. It's like e-mail or like IM or something like that. And we do those things, too, but we do so much more. We try to focus on the whole world and all the things that people are interested in, rather than just people to people, or one to one communication.

Icelanders love to speak English. Their English is a joy to hear because of how colloquial and idiomatic it is, but they appreciate your efforts with Icelandic.

I try to make my wife happy, but I know my efforts aren't enough.

I'm interested in listening to the people who walk in the door. If your ego and your accomplishments stop you from listening, then they've taught you nothing.

My job is to keep everyone together, strong big egos, and keep the peace in the family.

For the past eight years, the right has been better at working the refs. Now the left is learning how to play the game.