Pico Iyer Quotes

There are times in life when language fails us, when everything that needs to be said can be expressed only by saying nothing at all.

Silence is more eloquent than words.

Silence remains, inescapably, a form of speech.

I can create a vibe without saying anything, just by being in the room.

It's not that I don't like words. There's sometimes no need for words.

Mel Blanc has been gone for 30 years, even though he's still around.

Silence is argument carried out by other means.

I can't believe I did a peace sign on TV - like Ringo Starr!

People say, 'I love 'Snatch,' I love 'Lock Stock,' but I want to be more than a movie name. I'd love to be more of a household name.

After all these years, almost 30 years later, whenever I'm on the street, someone will call out, 'Who you gonna call?'

It's hard to think of another body of work that is more universally beloved - I don't think I've ever met someone who has encountered 'Calvin and Hobbes' without falling for them.

That's when you know you really fit with someone - when you can just sit there and not do anything. Kind of ignoring each other.

George Lucas puts those types of characters in for the kids. Same with Jar Jar.

When the trainer talks to the fighter, there's a connection. You don't always have to say much.

Who tells a finer tale than any of us. Silence does.

Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.

I don't think that the spoken words solve everything. Sometimes silence delivers truer feelings while the words can distort the meaning in some situations.

I'm an instinctive actor. I just see the part and play it. I'm more interested in what isn't said - the silences.

Even silence speaks.

I think there's a great deal of information you can convey with looks or silence.

Silence is a universal language. It's like music or painting.

It's hard to misquote someone who doesn't say anything.

Every actor I know pretty much wants to be a rock n' roll star, and we'd all give it up to be in a rock n' roll band, but we're never going to do that. But being in cartoons - that's as close as you get without being an action figure.

In dialogue scenes, my favorite moments are when people aren't talking because you can cut to the heart of the matter much more quickly, often with a look. People hide things in words. When you don't have words to hide things in, it becomes much more direct and much more immediate of a connection.

I want to let my feet speak.