Quotes About Engagement

I'm realistic. Getting to everybody is not the goal here. The people you can affect in any way - that's who you want to get to.

When I approach a person, I feel a certain way. If I don't feel that way, I'm not going to approach that individual. "I see something in you" - I want the person to know that.

My life is really precious. I don't want to spend it watching ambient TV that just drifts through you. I've got better things to do.

I do my best to make music spontaneously. It's very personal in a way. It's really a direct connection between me and anyone who's watching. I don't want to be in my own bubble. I'm reaching out.

While I hear from readers all the time that they love learning new things, I never want to do an "info-dump." Boring! I try to include enticing details and skip all the rest.

If the right thing comes along and you get an opportunity to be a part of something you believe in, and you think it's cool and want to put your name on it, then you should.

My easiest judgment for a script is 'do I want to keep reading it?'

I think there's a limit. People want to be scared, but not every weekend, maybe every third weekend.

Yogi Berra put it best, "If people don't want to come, we can't stop them."

Besides one should not believe that the people only want reading that is easy to absorb.

Whenever I'm reading a book I enjoy, I always develop a mental list of the people I want to share it with.

Everyone wants to talk, you've just got to find a way to get them to talk.

It's a growing trend. Viewers are our customers, but so are advertisers. And advertisers want different ways to reach our viewers.

When I hear the words 'activist filmmaking,' I think of somebody who's an activist, who wants to prove a particular point.

Some people we define as trolls are just critics. Sometimes they have a point. And I hear them. But for the ones who comment "I want to kill you in your sleep," I respond to them too.

Other people can think ahead all they want. I just focus on the task at hand and try to move on.

There are the goods; if you want them, you can have them. If you do not want them, they would almost rather that you did not come and talk about them.

I wish I was a phone machine. I wish if I saw somebody on the street I didn't want to talk to I could just go, "Excuse me, I'm not here right now, If you just leave a message, I can walk away."

This is what I love to do. I love to perform for people that get it or just want something interesting.

To be honest, I want readers to be wrung out. As a novelist, I don't have a political agenda or specific philosophy; I'm trying to create a gut-wrenching, intimate, memorable experience.

No true fan wants to go to Comic-Con and get assaulted with a marketing blitz about just any old show.

We have no desire to be the world's policeman. But America does want to be the world's peacemaker.

Sometimes you have to listen to other people, and see what the audiences want. That's what entertaining is about.

What will I do with myself when I retire? When I quit my job, I do not want to quit living. Can I possibly be of use when retirement day comes, or will I just be taking up space?