Quotes About Dialogue

It is only through the opposition of ideas that we can learn to be self-critical, to work towards intellectual humility.

Through my work and ways of expression, I strive to engage in dialogue with the society that I am living in.

There are two ways to argue with a woman, and neither of them work.

A lot of movies try to set up a world with cool sets, costumes, camera work. In Brick, the world is born from the words.

I think the American electorate should work a little harder at getting informed. That includes hearing, truly listening, to what the other side is saying. Whether you're left or right.

I usually try to check quotes with people just to make sure things work out.

People who work on soaps all the time understand the formula of how to do it.

The work of art acts like another living person with whom we are conversing.

I have and I will always work to promote a civil public discourse.

I believe in terms of the work that I do, in establishing dialogue about race relations in Latin America, steps on one of the most relevant themes today.

Everyone likes to talk shop, which is the most interesting talk in the world, in the beginning.

One of the reasons poetry is such an amazing genre to work with is because it constantly reinvents itself and re-negotiates its terms with the reader.

Business is a conversation because the defining work of business is conversation.

I don't know how to explain it." "Try words. If that doesn't work, we'll move on to interpretive dance.

But if we're going to make our immigration system work, then we have to be prepared to talk honestly and without fear about these important and very sensitive issues.

Trust your actors. That's why I work with the same actors time and time again. I encourage them to change the dialogue to achieve one thing: keep the characters honest.

When the movie's done, you talk about either the score or source music over a particular scene, what might work. You just throw a piece of music over the scene, and we both listen to it.

It's important that we work very closely with moderate Muslim forces locally, nationally and internationally.

The dialogue between women is a rich field, but change does not come without a lot of reading, asking, listening, risk-taking and hard work.

The brave view is that talking it out helps work it out. Maybe the realistic view is that talking it out inflames the issues further. But that is America, especially these days.

In business, there's a constant focus on developing strategies, reviewing executive performance against those strategies each year, engaging with opposing or different points of view, and having intellectual dialogue.

Communication and communication strategy is not just part of the game - it is the game.

Theater is so precious about each word - not that it's a bad thing, but you definitely never stray from the script.

I have notebooks and sketchbooks for ideas. I also have drawers full of envelopes covered in quick outlines, scenes or scraps of dialogue that I don't want to forget. I tend to grab whatever's to hand and just get the thing down before it's lost. It's not what you would call a streamlined system.