Amy Chozick Quotes

Rapport equals trust plus comfort.

The key to high-quality communication is trust, and it's hard to trust somebody that you don't know.

The level of comfort that people feel with me has taken some getting used to.

The best of the best understand that people do business with people they like. People do business with people they trust, and people do business with those who make them feel special.

What is a friend? I will tell you... it is someone with whom you dare to be yourself.

People talked to me in a way I think they would not have talked to somebody who hadn't shared the experience; they gave me their papers, they gave me their diaries. I found people constantly opening up to me. And I think they did because I had shared that experience with them.

Talk to people in their own language. If you do it well, they'll say, 'God, he said exactly what I was thinking.' And when they begin to respect you, they'll follow you to the death.

If someone knows me and likes me or my work, they're more likely to allow me to tell their story. But it also cuts the other way.

We all need somebody to talk to. It would be good if we talked... not just pitter-patter, but real talk. We shouldn't be so afraid, because most people really like this contact; that you show you are vulnerable makes them free to be vulnerable.

I give everyone upmost respect, and when people feel that, you end up getting the most out of your interaction with them. That connectivity is really important in my life.

Somebody's willingness to let me photograph them, and willingness to tell me a story, has nothing to do with the words I say. It all has to do with the energy I'm giving off, which hopefully is very genuine, very interested energy. It's just two people having a conversation in the street. I think that's where genuine content comes from.

Trust comes before strength, and it becomes a conduit of influence. Your strength is a little bit threatening before people trust you.

I don't like to work with people I don't have any connection with.

When I'm in a session with someone I don't know, I like hanging out for a moment and talking and seeing if we can find some similarities in whatever conversation we're having. The best thing is when you just go for it - just do something that feels good and makes you feel free in the moment.

People yell at me because I often say that everyone's my best friend, but it's true! I think that's why I like playing the best friend so much, is because I love best friends.

In order to build chemistry you've got to really know one another.

I think you first have to feel 100% comfortable with the person that you are with. I have written in sessions where I am just meeting the person for the first time and it is extremely difficult.

Me being so open just helps other people. People feel like they know me so much that they can talk to me all of the time about really personal things. Sometimes it's really nice and comforting. It depends on the person, whether they're creepy or not.

You need more than a year to grow on somebody, and it's very intimate being invited into people's homes every day. Once that trust is built, then you're like that old friend. That's the sweet spot.

You're getting to know these guys as people, and as players. You have to develop a rapport. They give me a lot of respect.

I think my strength is to act instinctively, really quickly, on what I believe, what I see in this person. A proper portrait. I wouldn't dream of doing something inappropriate for that person. I guess I make the person comfortable around me.

You can make people laugh, but having them really want to hear what you have to say, that takes trust and time.

I had to learn to be more open with people and to know how to show that I was interested in them.

I love interviewing people and getting them to talk about things they've never talk about.

From playing cricket in a boys team I had to learn quite quickly how to handle them and I've always felt quite comfortable in that environment. Because I feel comfortable, I'd like to think they do too.