Quotes About Communication

When a scene is being shot, it is very difficult to know what one wants it to say, and even if one does know, there is always a difference between what one has in mind and the result on film.

I don't really know what to say about Izzy. It's like you could have a conversation and think it's one way, and the next day, it's another way. And I'm not trying to take any shots at Izzy. It's just his thing is kind of his thing, whatever that is.

If we want to win, we're not going to be able to go out on the court and say, 'My turn' or 'Your turn.' We're going to have to play together and sacrifice some shots, some ball touches, some minutes.

When you first come to a team, no one wants to come down and take three or four shots in a row. You want to pass the ball around and get the feel of each other.

Microphones are just like people, if you shout at them, they get scared.

On the whole, actors shout when they don't know what they're doing, trying to make an impact.

When I walk down the street people shout from their cars and their vans.

I've watched parents sometimes on the touchlines at youth games, and they are screaming and shouting, which is not the way to go.

People are not going to change because an activist goes around shouting.

In a 24/7 landscape of rolling news, social media, phone alerts and notifications it's all too easy to feel numbed by all the shouting.

Management is not about shouting and bawling, because some guys will not like that. They take it personally.

And sometimes you can make your point better with comedy than you can through shouting about it.

I am always being told off for using bad language but it's sort of lovely really, because it makes me think of my lovely dad who was constantly shouting at me for bad language.

You don't write a book to show off.

If you talk in a way that is too dissimilar to the character, when people are showing up to see you talk about the show, often it seems like it's jarring to them.

I write instead of going to the shrink!

I was aware of a lot of my friends being into things I wasn't into. Like sarcasm. It had never been a part of my family - they still don't use sarcasm.

I'm aware that I can be annoying.

You have to be aware of who you're talking to in an audience.

It is less fun to talk about what I am feeling rather than what I am thinking. Saying 'I feel awesome' isn't really interesting or enquiring.

People criticised me for using too many exclamation marks and the word 'awesome' too much, but that's just me.

My readers and I, we have the same taste, and it's awesome. They'll tell me about stuff that I haven't heard of.

If you think my idea is awful, you should say as much. But there is a difference between attacking an idea and attacking the person behind that idea.

I read our emails every day and I know there are people out there who think I'm awful.