Quotes About Connection

In fact, some reviewers have said that as they got into the story they forgot that the protagonist is a black woman. They were moved by the story - by the people as a whole - and not by the little things.

People seem to need a likable protagonist more than ever.

We can't help identifying with the protagonist. It's coded in our movie-going DNA.

I try to have something in common with my protagonists, especially when I'm writing in the first person.

The lead character in 'Yennai Arindhaal' is like an extension of the protagonists of 'Kaakha Kaakha' and 'Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu.'

You can put things in prose and understand them one way, and then there's understanding it by knowing how it feels. Things aren't real until you can feel that, until you can empathize with them. That's what protagonists do in books.

I like getting under the skin of the protagonists of every book I read, it makes the whole story so much more personal.

People protect what they love.

I'd like to build a way for people doing good work to connect, to learn from each other, protect each other, and then I want to get out of their way.

When Finley gets his vaccinations, it kills me, and you can't protect yourself from that. My heart is being ripped out with every shot. It's a deeper level of emotion that I wasn't prepared to feel, but it's completely amazing. It has opened me up both as a person and as an actress. Everything has a deeper meaning now.

Everybody has a bit of body armor they wear to protect themselves, and love is about trying to break it down. You have to see who a person really is and connect with her to break that armor.

I grew up in a forest. It's like a room. It's protected. Like a cathedral... it is a place between heaven and earth.

I would never ever dare to objectify anyone who has fed me, protected me or loved me.

I think you miss out on a lot of stuff when you're so protected and isolated.

That's all about the natural order of things, the idea of nature protecting children but also children protecting nature.

I wish I had put myself out there a little bit more and experienced people more instead of protecting myself.

Marriage seems to be predicated on protecting a very deep and intimate form of mystery.

It hurts real bad to have that protection barrier between parent and child.

You begin to see that all of these things are connected: The kind of cuts that mean less environmental protection are also the kind of cuts that mean less musical education for the schools and that also mean more overcrowded schools.

We're great, Jo and me. We're pals, and I guess sex has a lot to do with it. She's also brilliant at clearing a room. So protective, so devoted. I can't believe how much she loves me.

Nudity is who people are at the most interesting point of the evening, when they take off their protective layer, when no one is watching.

I sometimes get very protective of the people I play.

Once I start writing about somebody, I become very protective of them.

We are protective towards our family and friends, just like anyone else is.