Quotes About Communication

There's nothing more important than a good story.

The French just said he was a damned nuisance. Or they would have had they the good fortune to speak English. Instead being French they were forced to say it in their own language.

I am very good with dialects, but the two that I can't do for some reason are the South African and Australian.

He who is afraid to use an "I" in his writing will never make a good writer.

I learned how to make a documentary by having a good team around me. My editors (and co-writers)Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt and Frédéric Tcheng were very helpful.

You don't need to be the good guy to get a good message out.

If the King's English was good enough for Jesus, it's good enough for me!

If you are active online or texting, there is a good chance I could look at what you do and know more about you than your family.

Lyrics need to be good, but they don't need to be obvious right away.

Much to my surprise, there's a sense for people in the cable industry that fiction writers might actually be good at script writing. You can write dialogue!

And generally, when people say good night, they keep their tongues to themselves.

I am very good at groveling.

It's hard to find a good guy... all girls know that guys don't think with their brains.

I'm a darned good listener.

Writing can come naturally to some. Still, when it comes to good writing, this is true: Easy reading is damn hard writing.

I do think it's a very good way to describe what a great actor does. You're both acknowledging the authority of the director and the necessity of the actor to push back and find their own voice.

If somebody needs, like, a phone call every day or some kind of constant companionship, I'm not a really good friend for them. I can talk to my best friend every couple years and be really happy.

Trust is everything between two artists, or between subject and artist. You have to have trust or nothing good will come out of it.

I just always try to find an interesting story and tell it well. That's a hard enough thing to do, whether it's a piece of fiction or it's a small piece of reality. I just look for good story.

It's as serious as anyone ever gets, you know. It's just words. It's just good poetry.

It's like someone who prays every night saying God's a good listener. Just because you're talking to us doesn't mean we're listening. With me and God, you never really know.

If you feel like you're working with good people, you give them your humanity and just let it happen.

Twitter is so stupid. I mean, it sucks! It's not a good way to communicate and it's really difficult to use it for any functional thing.

The youth say stupid things and they say good things, as we do, as everyone does. But hear them, speak with them, because we must learn from them and they must learn from me, from us.