Quotes About Understanding

I think some people don't even know what they're talking about, and they just start talking with an opinion, not even asking questions.

Between 2 and 5 I'm reading in to find out what's been going on while I've been asleep.

When you keep un-bundling various aspects of a social problem, you can arrive at a very basic, common space.

I had to prove that I could understand other aspects of human beings and not just little fat girls.

As I have told many, the only goal my dad had for me was to keep me alive to reach the age of reason! He had no aspirations for me vis-a-vis education, wealth, or anything else!

I suppose what I aspire to do is to make it easy for the audience to connect with a story.

There are a lot of negotiators that really will give in on a deal because being understood is more important than getting what they want. And there's a particular type in particular, the assertive negotiator: being understood is actually more important to them than actually making the deal.

I have always been comfortable that no one has been able to assess what I really have.

The ideas associated with the problems of the development of science, as far as I can see by looking around me, are not of the kind that everyone appreciates.

You can never guess or assume what anyone is going to think.

Nobody really knows everything, and they can only assume.

You've got to build a relationship. You can't just deal with people when it's business. If it is, then you always have to assume that they have an angle when they come at you.

I feel like people assume if a character is very different than you, that means it's difficult to get into their head or into their skin.

I wanted to be able to write in the voice that I talk to my friends and assume that everybody would know what I was talking about.

You sort of assume that everyone knows how television works, but they don't actually, why should they?

I always think of myself as an audience first. If I like something, my assumption is that others, too, will like it.

Some people, they make these assumptions before they even listen to the music.

I may not be the most athletic, but I understand the game.

Wearing the sari, adhering to the parda system and all those things are really taxing. After wearing a woman's attire, I came to understand what they go through daily.

I am always attracted to people who are not myself but are.

I'm just attracted to people for who they are on the inside.

I don't want to patronise my audience.

You've got to write for your audience.

Audiences are smart, and they don't need to be spoon-fed everything.