Deborah Tannen Quotes

As I grew up, one of my strongest allies has been my sister.

Only married people understand you can be miserable and happy at the same time.

My brother is my best friend.

There's nobody in the world that knows me better than my sister.

My brother and I are best friends.

Well, I have a sister that I'm very close with, and that relationship is probably the most intense relationship of my life to date, probably of my life, period.

Growing up with a sister, someone I talk to all the time, helps me appreciate women.

My sister and I truly are best friends.

My relationship with my sister is closer than white on rice.

Al Nuke is almost like a real brother to me. Our chemistry is crazy because we're like night and day, but we blend so well.

Sisters are made by living everyday with each other and wearing each other down until the rough spots are smooth. They're made by sharing secrets you'd never tell mom, and out of doing things for each other just because you feel like it, not because you have to. I guess you could say sisters are 'grown,' not manufactured, in a very special place called a family.

When you look at a family, if you have a family that never interacts with each other, never has strong conversation with each other, never has disagreements, nine times out of ten you have a very cold family and they're not going to be, at the end, they're not going to be close.

My sisters, we didn't like each other as kids. We were scared of each other, I think, but we've grown to love each other. It was fun to write about these sisters who were supposed to hate each other but really don't.

Friendships and marriage are far more potent than financial conflicts.

And Big Night, I think by the end the brothers find that balance, when they touch each other on the shoulder over breakfast and it's understood that what should never have driven them apart almost drove them apart. I think that's a true moment.

'Frozen' definitely isn't about a man, but about the relationship between two sisters. At different times in our lives we find ourselves either more connected to or disconnected from the people in our family, and I think audiences will really be able to relate to that.

I grew up with a sister I was very close with and a mom who was a powerful influence on my life. I was always close with women.

It's great working with my sister, because we are very close as a family - my brother, my sister and myself. We have a great relationship.

Our relationships, relationships between adults, how all those pieces fit together - that's the most complicated thing we all face.

I'm very close to my sisters.

Relationships are interesting to me. Not just between men and women, but fathers and sons, brothers and sisters and friends.

My sister Liza and I have never felt that we were in competition.

My sisters are my favorite people on earth.

To work with someone you love is something special, an incredible experience. But it could be a negative. You have to make a strong commitment to be honest; you're not just being polite, like strangers on an airplane; you're working.

I'm insanely close to my sister.