Martin Parr Quotes

I don't read Twitter.

I don't read blogs, I don't have MySpace, I don't have Facebook or Twitter - none of that.

The fact that the internet is so active; people can now speak to me indirectly.

I had no idea that social networking would be as prominent as it is today. And it's important to understand what that phenomenon is. If you text someone, you get an immediate response; if you e-mail them, you probably never hear from them.

Although I have no plans to tweet, I am fascinated by developments on the Internet.

I saw a report on the news: 'Peter Dinklage tweeted... ' What? You know, I don't need any of that stuff. I got an email account; that's all I need.

Social media is just a platform. Twitter is a very simple and immediate broadcast platform. Facebook is a very personal, when it comes to friends and when it comes to fan pages, a little bit less but still somewhat personal way to communicate.

I continue to shun, in a very curmudgeonly fashion, things like Twitter and Facebook.

I read Twitter all the time, even though I rarely tweet.

Social media is simply a tool that facilitates actions.

Twitter and those platforms just didn't feel natural to me.

What the Internet has done is made it easier to stay in touch with people, and social networking has helped me career-wise by helping me keep in touch with my fans.

Twitter, Instagram - I don't do it at all.

Everything is online these days. Even a small bit of information is immediately put up on Twitter or sent via WhatsApp.

I'm always trying to respond to my Instagram direct messages, even if they're a little weird. I'll have a Q&A on Snapchat and talk to everyone.

I don't do Instagram, I don't do Facebook.

Twitter? No, I'd rather use phone and texts.

Technology is synonymous for connection with other people.

Twitter is essential to me because I wake up and check it religiously. It's a way I communicate with my fan base.

Twitter is incredibly useful. It's a great example of how the Internet is changing the way we engage with information and text. Above all else, this change in the nature of engagement is fascinating for me as a writer.

Facebook and Twitter have changed how people follow ski racing. In past Olympics, you couldn't stay in touch with the fan base that followed you during the Olympics. They thought they had to wait four years to reconnect.

Sometimes I'll write a tweet that I'll just be like, 'Why do I have to say this to all of these people?' It's like writing a Facebook status: it's the same. I view tweeting as like writing a Facebook status. Remember when we used to write statuses?

In this age of media and Internet access, we are much more talkative than ever before.

The younger generation has embraced Twitter and Facebook massively, and they spend most of their time on there. So if I want to reach new fans or keep in touch with my current, I try to use Twitter and Facebook as much as possible.

There will never be a replacement for that ongoing physical contact. But I don't think blogging is meant to replace the face-to-face of friendships and meetings. Blogging is a way to keep in touch with a larger group of people on an ongoing basis, in a more efficient way.