Quotes About Dialogue

THE SECOND DIALOGUE

The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the power of speech.

She had lost the art of conversation, but not, unfortunately, the power of speech.

The biggest problem with communication is the illusion that it has been accomplished.

If other people are going to talk, conversation becomes impossible.

The problem with communication is the illusion that it has been accomplished.

The greatest fallacy with communication, is the belief that it has actually occurred.

The problem with communication…is the illusion that is has been accomplished.

In comic strips, the person on the left always speaks first.

It's puzzling work, talking is.

How can a man explain at the expense of a woman?

If we are to know ourselves, philosophy needs to maintain an ongoing dialogue with the sciences of mind.

But there are only four really important ones: Show respect Respond by reframing Think and talk at the level of values Say what you believe

it's not enough just to say "equality" or "responsibility" in a speech, because conservatives and progressives each have their own understanding of what these values mean. You have to talk about your understanding of each of these words.

I never know where women are coming from.

I have a wonderful English-language dialogue coach. All the time I have to speak English, he is with me. It is a double effort, because you have to say the words correctly and then act them.

Plays are wonderfully different than short stories, first because it's a story that's on a stage, but there's a different sort of tension that appears on stage - you get to see your characters in a different way - like with lights.

Bad acting comes in many bags, various odors. It can be performed by cardboard refugees from an Ed Wood movie, reciting their dialogue off an eye chart, or by hopped-up pros looking to punch a hole through the fourth wall from pure ballistic force of personality, like Joe Pesci in a bad mood. I can respect bad acting that owns its own style.

Victoria Wood's 'Dinnerladies' is just exceptionally written; every single line is a setup or a punchline.

I was talking to Coach Wooden after I had signed at UCLA and over the summer, and we used to talk all the time. The thing is, talking to Bill Walton, once you throw in your two cents, he throws in the other 98 cents. He will not stop talking, I'll tell you what.

Look at 'Marienbad' honestly. What is it? It is just another talking radio show with pictures. Nobody acts. People stand around while the author talks about the woodwork.

From the onset of the 'Live-Read' series, we wanted to hit all the major writers and Woody Allen is simply one of the greatest screenwriters of all time. He has ability to match pathos and comedy and drama and then turn it all on a dime. If you're going to make a series based on dialogue, you can't find much better than Woody Allen.

For a long time now, movie characters have generally been articulate, even chatty. Call it the influence of Woody Allen, but we have become used to characters who are well able to explain themselves to others.

A new word is like a fresh seed sown on the ground of the discussion.