William Shenstone Quotes

As a filmmaker, I'm interminably curious and nosy, but certain times you meet people and think, 'I don't want to push you too hard because I can see this is painful for you.'

I'm a very private person. My life story isn't for everybody.

And I certainly won't lay out areas of my life that I think are just private.

Since women ask me about male motives all the time, I can offer a bit of advice. If you feel like you're going to get hurt then you shouldn't be there in the first place. That's the way I look at relationships.

I'll date one day if I find someone that I want to let into my life enough.

Every relationship between two individuals or two groups will be characterized by the ratio of secrecy that is involved in it.

I think all documentaries leave out areas of people's lives. Which is good. There are areas that need not be explored.

I had this thing about not giving too much of myself away, so I thought, if I sang lyrics, that's giving too much away. You know, I really didn't want to give myself away.

In a relationship you have to open yourself up.

I don't want to broadcast my personal life because I feel it's off-putting.

We don't kiss in public. It's not done.

I think Raymond is very honest about human relationships.

Sometimes it's hard to open up about your personal life, your relationship because you always want the music to be in the forefront. You want the music to be the biggest carrier of everything that you represent.

I like to be fragile. I like that. I try to be close to that energy and sensibility.

Manners are love in a cool climate.

Love is the strongest and most fragile thing we have in life.

I don't really comment on my personal life because I feel like any comment at all is opening up a whole can of worms. I'd just rather not talk about who I'm dating.

I think what you learn from relationships is that they are unpredictable.

I do have a delicate side.

I'm not about to talk about what's romantic in my life - I figure if you talk about it once - then that's an open invitation for everyone to dig into your personal life even further.

I have a lot of people in my life, and I think there's something key: the thing that leads to intimacy and relationship and connection is tenderness.

I never talk about my private life.

I figured if I played in the no-man's land of intimacy, I would learn to be a performer.

Yelling between people in love is normal.

I'm tender on the inside.