Pedro Almodovar Quotes

I think when a couple stays together, it's because of compromises they've both made.

The thing is, every relationship is different, and when you start talking about your problems, other people tend to talk about theirs.

It's very hard to get the dynamics where two people can stimulate each other and be happy.

It's very difficult to judge relationships from the outside. You never know what happens in intimate moments with two people to know why they really support and love each other.

My stay-married secret would probably be exercising good communication, not when you have to but all the time. I think if you do that, you kinda just cleanse the situations, so there's not build up. I think that's probably the best way to do it.

An important part of dating is communicating. We communicate by sharing our thoughts, ideas, and feelings. We enjoy being with someone when we have an easy time communicating or when we have a lot to talk about.

No matter how much success you're having, you can't continue working together if you can't communicate.

The strengths and failings of a relationship depend entirely on your ability to talk about your feelings.

I think in general, romantic comedies tend to take one person's point of view, but every once in a while you get something that is balanced for two people.

Partners fall in and out of love, but they still need each other.

I've been in relationships in the past where communication wasn't great, and when it is, it makes it so much easier to talk to each other.

I think maintaining relationships with my friends, my mother, my manager, they're all important.

In a relationship when things are really great you don't need to say anything and just enjoy the other person. Sometimes with a couple, it gets dark and you don't know what to say and that silence can last all day. Other times you don't want to stop talking because you don't want to lose one another.

My wife and I do not argue. We communicate. We talk. But we've never fought in our entire relationship.

The power dynamics in a relationship are going to be fluid over a long period of time, so to wait for 'perfect' is going to be a mistake.

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.

Businesses that run well are almost like marriages. Everything has to be up for discussion, or there will be real problems.

Which is, I'm an optimist that two people can be together to work out their conflicts. And that commitment, I think, might be what love is, because they both grow from their relationship.

It takes a lot of experience of life to see why some relationships last and others do not. But we do not have to wait for a crisis to get an idea of the future of a particular relationship. Our behavior in little every incidents tells us a great deal.

My mother and I always had full adult communication.

If someone had told me years ago that sharing a sense of humour was so vital to partnerships, I could have avoided a lot of sex!

The older you get, the more you start to realize that you can't win an argument in a relationship. You can't win a fight with your woman. Because if you lose, you lose. And if you win, you lose.

Forcing people together is an enjoyable conflict to watch, but I think it's even more enjoyable if they love each other.

What I tell young couples that are getting married is: you're going to have quarrels, and on some things, you're just going to have to agree to disagree. And when you go to bed at night, kiss each other and tell each other that you love each other. Don't go to bed mad. Life is too short. Keep it simple.

I don't think any relationship responds well to pressure.