Quotes About Clarity

I felt like my parents were always involved with abstraction, and I wanted to do something very specific.

I think you always, as an artist, feel like you would like to be more and more specific about your intent and your interests.

Good directors give short and specific instructions to their actors.

I was a journalist. I was a drummer. I was everything. I didn't know what the heck I was. But with Jack Paar, the job was very specific - no confusion. You came in each day. You wrote five pages of jokes. You handed the pages in... The pressure was to write five pages of jokes every day. I did it, and I thought, 'This is what I like to do.'

I like to understand, very specifically, what it is I'm seeing, and where it is and where it's going, and a lot of that is just hitting the mark and following the dotted line. But that's good, too because there's concentration and focus that's involved in that.

There's a specificity of language that's required in Shakespeare that most drama students in England deal with - a specificity of language that is somehow not as clear in a lot of American schools.

I think people wanted to see some specificity in faith on TV.

Being able to communicate what your vision is clearly and with specificity is the most important thing a director can do.

I try not to shy away from specificity.

I like comedy that's very specific and isn't afraid to lose people through its specificity.

The opposite of speculation is to be present to the world simply as it is.

It is intellectually dishonest to look backwards with all the facts and judge the decisions that were made with almost none of the facts, or the facts that existed hidden in the normal cloud of endless speculation of what might happen.

I'm not sure a lot of companies know their story, or can explain why they exist and who they are, without just spewing just corporate speech.

Mourinho doesn't need to give long speeches. He's direct and to the point.

What good is speed if the brain has oozed out on the way.

I am not a speed reader. I am a speed understander.

When you remove layers, simplicity and speed happen.

I've learned that I need to spell out, even in cases seemingly so blatant, that in fact I am not taking this at face value and am being 'sarcastic.'

There is a distinct layer between the Earth and the universe, which is extremely black. Slowly, the entire universe starts to look 3D, like you can fly through it rather than this sphere of blackness overhead. And when you're above the atmosphere, there isn't water vapour in the air to make things foggy.

One mistake with beginners in writing is, that they think it important to spin out something long. It is a great deal better not to write more than a page or two, unless you have something to say, and can write it correctly.

I've heard everything that anybody can make up or spin, and I know how to cut right through and get to the heart of any issue.

I try to become more humble and more myself with every year. There was a while when I got famous where I was so confused and my head was spinning.

You learn that later on in life - it's not about how much you can lift or how fast you can run. It has a lot to do with your mental fitness, emotional balance, spiritual awareness.

A person like me who has grown up in a mixed culture ought to be spiritual. My mother is a Catholic, my father is a Muslim, and my wife is a Hindu. Personally, I feel spirituality is about being clear-hearted. It involves a sense of connection with the divine.