Communication Quotes
“The first work of the director is to set a mood so that the actor's work can take place, so that the actor can create. And in order to do that, you have to communicate, communicate with the actors. And direction is about communication on all levels.”
“Making movies is not rocket science. It's about relationships and communication and strangers coming together to see if they can get along harmoniously, productively, and creatively. That's a challenge. When it works, it's fantastic and will lift you up. When it doesn't work, it's almost just as fascinating.”
-- Julia Roberts
“To devise an information processing system capable of getting along on its own - it must handle its own problems of programming, bookkeeping, communication and coordination with its users. It must appear to its users as a single, integrated personality.”
-- Cliff Shaw
“I've worked very hard in this book to keep the lines of communication open. I don't want to turn someone away from this information for partisan political reasons.”
-- Jared Diamond
“Of all of our inventions for mass communication, pictures still speak the most universally understood language.”
-- Walt Disney
“However, even during the preparations for action, we laid our plans in such a manner that should there be progress through diplomatic negotiation, we would be well prepared to cancel operations at the latest moment that communication technology would have permitted.”
-- Hideki Tojo
“The need to write comes from the need to make sense of one's life and discover one's usefulness.”
-- John Cheever