Quotes About Empathy

It would be bad form for me to describe people I don't know and don't understand.

I don't have the words to describe what the fans have done for me.

Sometimes my lyrics may describe a situation that happened to a friend. Other times, I create a story from the ground up.

I grew up in a world where the majority of people were black, so that wasn't the defining quality of anyone. When you're describing someone, you don't start out with 'he's black, he's white.'

In fantasy and science fiction, world-building is an essential part of the story. But as a reader, I don't just want descriptions of food, clothing, and places. I want to understand the world to its core, through the eyes of those who live in it.

If you can't laugh at yourself, you don't deserve to laugh at anybody else.

Animals don't deserve to be abused. They deserve to be friends with us and they deserve to be appreciated for the beautiful beings they are.

My heart is committed to giving everyone the same rights that I deserve for myself.

People with disabilities are capable and deserve the same opportunities as everyone else.

'12 Years a Slave' was very powerful, very moving, and deserved all of the acclaim it did get.

I don't think anybody deserves to be defined totally by his enemies.

Every person deserves respect.

Everyone deserves compassion.

No one deserves anything more than anybody else. Because of that fact, you treat everyone the exact same way as best as you can. Same with musical ideas. My ideas aren't better than anybody else's.

Everyone deserves love.

I treat everyone how I would like to be treated, and I try to treat this industry and this job with the respect it deserves.

Everyone deserves second chances.

Everybody deserves to be seen and to be heard. Regardless of whether that is your culture, your language, who you love, your ability, or the way you chose to live your life, everybody deserves to be seen and be heard.

We are all deserving of love.

I always believed that clothes should be designed to conform to our bodies and not our bodies to conform to the clothing.

When I see a car I've designed going down the street and somebody admiring it, that's a nice feeling.

Language that is designed to dehumanize has consequences.

Our goal is always to make games that can move people, that are designed for everybody so the whole family should be able to play it together, and that bring people together and really move them in a way.

I didn't know people can be good. I didn't know people are designed to be good and help one another.