Quotes About Discussion

It's such a joy to talk to a roomful of people who have read my novel and are eager to talk about it.

I do a lot of brainstorming with my editors.

Having the book-club army embrace you is a gift that keeps giving for years.

There are times when you have to face your enemies, sit down and deal with it.

I am conversational - I just like to engage and talk about things.

I'd rather make an interesting film that gets people talking, that maybe some people hate, than make the kind of 'entertaining' film that everyone feels ambivalent about.

In the writers' room, when we talk about each episode, we first talk about the character journey of the episode.

He loved florid verbiage and jaw-jaw until he cuts himself on Occam's razor.

If you look at African American newspapers from the very early 20th century, there is an ongoing discussion about the problems with policing. Literally nonstop 100 plus year problem... (4/12/2021 on Twitter)

said we'll discuss it when I commit." She smoothed the area under the eye crevice. "I wonder who they think it is. . . ." He watched her for a moment without speaking. "Louisiana in October isn't too unpleasant. We could take

said we'll discuss it when I commit." She smoothed the area under the eye crevice. "I wonder who they think it is. . . ." He watched her for a moment without speaking. "Louisiana in October isn't too unpleasant. We could take a jaunt down to New Orleans. The department owes me some time, and Jane might like it." "You're not invited." She made

being contradictory is more important than being right.

A good story should provoke discussion, debate, argument...and the occasional bar fight.

The best argument is that which seems merely an explanation.

In the 1950s climate change was discussed in newspapers and popular magazines. Many will be surprised to learn that in 1965 climate change was mentioned by the president of the United States in a message to Congress.

Onderweg waarheen? Die vraag lijkt nog aan discussie onderhevig.

come-to-Jesus meeting in

Simply put, we have more people talking about news and less original reporting.

according to their subject matter, or influence the way in which arts from non-Western cultures are discussed.

policy discussion usually means pitting one model against another. Viewpoints and policy prescriptions that aren't backed by a model typically don't have standing.

Reframing the discussion from mental health to brain health changes everything. People begin to see their problems as medical, not moral. It decreases shame and guilt and increases forgiveness and compassion from their families

A simple rule can help: before an issue is discussed, all members of the committee should be asked to write a very brief summary of their position. This procedure makes good use of the value of the diversity of knowledge and opinion in the group. The standard practice of open discussion gives too much weight to the opinions of those who speak early and assertively, causing others to line up behind them.

the proper way to elicit information from a group is not by starting with a public discussion but by confidentially collecting each person's judgment. This procedure makes better use of the knowledge available to members of the group than the common practice of open discussion.

Much of the discussion in this book is about biases of intuition. However, the focus on error does not denigrate human intelligence, any more than the attention to diseases in medical texts denies good health.