Quotes About Communication

What we wanted from an agent depended on what he brought in.

The livelihood of the restaurant is dependent upon getting the word out.

Being an actor, we're so dependent on the writers.

Some relationships get easier as you get older, depending on what sort of person you are. I don't think I've got any better at them.

A word can change so much depending on how you say it, or how you sing it.

Your ability to shape your future depends on how well you communicate where you want to be when you get there. When ideas are communicated effectively, people follow and change.

Something like reading depends a lot on just having people around you who talk to you and read you books, more than sitting down and, say, doing a reading drill when you're 3 or 4 years old.

It always depends on who you work with. It is not about the budget, not about the countries but about people.

The Gaelic language itself depends very much on ear and rhythm, and when those who are thinking in Gaelic speak in English, they get the same rhythm.

A lot of writing depends on being comfortable around the people you work with. I want it to feel like I'm working with friends.

If you're saying you're epically depressed in a song, you better be able to back it up. You better be able to talk about it in a smart way with someone who comes up to you after a show and is looking for help.

I can't not write, if I don't then I get really depressed.

I did not know how to share with someone the fact that I was really, really depressed.

I'm one of those people that, if I'm sad or depressed, I don't talk to people about it. I bottle it in.

It's always good to show that poetry isn't the little depressed lyric people believe it to be, that it's something bigger.

My kids used to see me crying and depressed all the time, and that can affect kids as well.

I know, for me, when I was depressed, I didn't want to talk to my friends at all when I was depressed. If they tried to help me, I would kind of back away from them.

I try not to write for actors because A, they're not the character, and B, it's really depressing when you don't get them.

Sleep deprivation can be a serious problem in romantic relationships.

There are so many deaf kids out there being deprived of their own language.

Having passion does not mean you have to descend into bickering and fighting.

My view, as one who taught it, is that the whole purpose of a literary education should be to tell people that these things exist. I don't think any teacher should try to 'teach an author,' but rather simply describe what the author has written. And this is what I tried to do.

I think it's really hard to describe music without alienating somebody.

I'd like to think that most of what I do is self-evident if you're listening to it or seeing it. But I don't mind the fact that it's hard to describe.