Mary Ann Mobley Quotes

People write to me all the time, and I write back.

A response is not just a re-action, a protest, as it were, against being disturbed; it is, as the word indicates, an answer. It meets the stimulus, and corresponds with it.

I believe in sending a lot of letters and notes to friends.

How I love to get a letter! I can think of nothing better Than perusing an epistolary item. But deep is my despondence, For I've found that correspondence Means that if you want to get 'em, You must write 'em!

A letter is never ill-timed; it never interrupts. Instead it waits for us to find the opportune minute, the quiet moment to savor the message. There is an element of timelessness about letter writing.

Let us never underestimate the power of a well-written letter.

One serious drawback about letters is that, in order to get them, one must send some out. When it comes to the mail, I feel it is better to receive than to give.

I think jamming is the way we begin to communicate. In the old days, people actually wrote notes on paper and sent them to each other. I guess that's how they jammed.

Fans are really important for me. And if they take pains to write me, it's the minimum that I answer myself.

Getting snail mail is one of my favorite indulgences, and I think receiving mail is actually a common joy.

I'm known for my handwritten notes.

Sending a handwritten letter is becoming such an anomaly. It's disappearing. My mom is the only one who still writes me letters. And there's something visceral about opening a letter - I see her on the page. I see her in her handwriting.

I'm lucky if I write a letter.

At present I answer about 100 letters a month, and read 300 emails.

I don't write letters anymore.

The perfect love affair is one which is conducted entirely by post.

Sending your mother a printed greeting card is a poor excuse for the letter you are too lazy to write.

We can assume that for every 100 people who wanted to say something to their favorite performer, maybe only ten actually got out the stationery. And of those ten, maybe only four get the letter to the mailbox. So, out of all those fans, maybe only four percent are actually sending you anything. And maybe you have read it. Or not.

Everyone loves to get a letter. I love sending them. I love getting them.

I have always been a letter writer, and I found when my numbers got over half a million, I couldn't think about how many people there were out there. I had to think as if I were writing a letter to my brothers and sisters, to my good friends with whom I have had a correspondence since I could hold a pen.

I'm known for being quite gobby, but also, I'm quite old fashioned in the sense that I like writing letters.

I'd much rather send my friends letters rather than emails.

I love talking directly to the fans.

I give my e-mail out all the time - my team doesn't love that! People e-mail me or tweet at me or LinkedIn me. I've learned that oftentimes people just need five minutes. People just need to touch somebody real and have a connection for a moment.

The test of a good letter is a very simple one. If one seems to hear the other person talking as one reads, it is a good letter.