Judd Apatow Quotes

You have to work very hard behind the scenes, to make a message clear enough for a lot of people to understand.

Now, what we are not talking about, what you're really coming to, is what compromises one makes so that the listener understands somewhat of what you're doing, what you're trying to express.

In the end, people are persuaded not by what we say, but by what they understand.

In fairness, I don't think that everyone understands what I say, but I think they understand part of it and part of what the issues are... Just the same way that people like a good painting, I think people really like understanding, knowing about the world.

Part of the gestation of 'The Wall' was this business of alienation from the audience, and so the interesting thing was, what 'The Wall' eventually became was something that absolutely engaged the audience.

I can think of nothing that an audience won't understand. The only problem is to interest them; once they are interested, they understand anything in the world.

I think that if people get my music, then they get what my message is.

Explanations are clear but since no one to whom a thing is explained can connect the explanations with what is really clear, therefore clear explanations are not clear.

You should communicate with your other one. Understanding what they are on about is pretty key.

Making noise is easy; making stuff people understand is an easy thing to do.

If you want to get across an idea, wrap it up in person.

How or by what magic is it, that we convey our thoughts to one another with such case and accuracy?

I have no message.

All speech, written or spoken, is a dead language, until it finds a willing and prepared hearer.

I wanted to communicate what I had seen, so that others could see it.

I see only defects because I'm not following the scene as it were. I'm not following the other person. It's like the best thing to clarify this is the theater.

I have never had a problem with people not being able to understand the words and the meanings in Titus.

Speak not of what you have read, but about what you have understood.

It’s not what you say; it’s what people hear.

Everything I wrote about wasn't about me, but about the people listening.

If you want what you're saying heard, then take your time and say it so that the listener will actually hear it. You might save somebody's life. Your own, first.

The whole point of reading is that the writer is speaking to you, and if you're not listening, you're not going to have any fun reading.

Words are only as good as the response to those words.

I want people to make sense of what I'm talking about.