Quotes About Engagement

I wish people would listen rather than rush around in their own world. There's a danger that we are becoming stuck in a bubble and losing the ability to communicate.

For all the evils in the world, I think apathy is one of the most dangerous.

I don't usually comment on columnists' ideas of what I'm thinking. That's a dangerous game to get into.

When people come up to me and say, 'I read your book,' I'm thinking, 'How dare you! Who gave you a copy?'

I definitely think there's some way to understand how people emotionally feel about somebody, but I don't think data collects it. They're not going to click your bit.ly link or click your TweetMeme retweet every time.

Going out to look for a date, I don't have to do that. They come to me.

If a character's suddenly spouting information that's supposed to bring you up to date, it can seem artificial or contrived.

I would never say that I'm good at being on dates. I think I like to try to find a connection with somebody, like, that's my main thing. I think that maybe if you find a connection with a girl on a date, that's like the No. 1 thing, and then it's like, 'Cool, that was a great date.'

You have to connect on emotion not logic. People go on dates and it becomes a CV exercise. Logic is someone asking 'what do you do for a job?' when you should ask 'why do you do that? What is it you enjoy?'

I know this might sound absurd, but since I've been famous, I believe I've only been on two dates that would be considered a 'first date.' It's not the way I've ever really engaged in terms of romantic relationships.

I'm never going to say anything about who I'm dating unless I'm married or engaged.

My friends and the people I know understand that I'm going to ask them what they're doing, how they're dating, who they're dating, where they're going and what they're doing. I'm constantly asking those questions and making sure I'm in touch with the customer.

People get that dads have a place in the lives of their sons. But you have to be just as present with daughters, maybe even more so. You have to get in there and be part of the game.

What I find daunting always is to stand on a stage and talk to people, whether they agree with me or not.

We make it very clear, we don't want our fans to say over-the-line things. But if someone is saying, 'I can't wait for Dave Portnoy to go out of business,' I don't care if our fans say, 'You're the worst.'

The dawn of the 21st century marked the emergence of the social media age.

I'm not nervous coming back to my old audience. I'm looking forward to it. That's really what I do; that's my day job.

If you are running a city you must focus on day-to-day problems.

I've gotta say, daytime fans are the best fans. Everyone always says that, and it's so true.

I'm a fan of daytime drama; I totally get it. When we are doing scenes that are romantic or will get the audience riled up, I feel like I'm a fan in the room going, 'People are going to be so mad right now!'

It's about players making choices as they play, and then dealing with the consequences of those choices. It's about you telling your story, not me telling mine. It's about you.

When it comes to the Internet, people like dealing with people.

If I can make people forget whatever they're dealing with for an hour and a half, two hours every night, that's nice.

Whether the theater is 1,000 seats or 500 seats or 200 seats, you have to make sure the person in the back of the theater can hear you and understand you. So there's a lot of articulation and a lot of voice in theater that really just isn't necessary when it comes to dealing with the camera.