John Berger Quotes

As a fan, I connect with realness. Whether it's strong or vulnerable, if it's real, I can connect with it.

I'm trying to use myself and my own flawedness as a metaphor for general human experience. I'm trying to 'stand next to' a subject, whether it's Bobby Knight or Vince Carter, and use that subject to meditate on both him and me.

I have never met a person in whom I did not see myself reflected.

I certainly wear my heart on my sleeve, and I think that comes out in the characters that I play. There's a yearning, or something, that comes out of me that people relate to.

What a powerful thing to know: That one's own desires are mappable onto strangers; that what one finds in oneself will most certainly be found in The Other.

I like, though, that people have a hunger to connect with other people. They're desperate to know that you're not lying to them or misleading them.

I traffic in empathy. I try to be vulnerable with people so they can be vulnerable back. I've always been searching for empathy in other people. It's when I feel most not alone.

I feel that if I'm going through something, I'm sure someone else is, too. I try to be as honest with myself and others as I can be.

Before people complain of the obscurity of modern poetry, they should first examine their consciences and ask themselves with how many people and on how many occasions they have genuinely and profoundly shared some experience with another.

I chose to present myself as one who comes from among the people, and I can be touched by their pain because I have my own.

I think you become more relatable when you're vulnerable.

You can only love and be loved to the extent that you know and are known by somebody.

If we dare to come closer to our fellow human beings, we will be able to see and understand them better.

No one wants to know how clever you are. They don't want an insight into your mind, thrilling as it might be. They want an insight into their own.

To be honest with my music... for me to expect anyone to connect it has to come from a place of honesty.

I'm constantly astounded by the way people talk so openly to someone they don't know. They clarify in their own minds what is important to them, discover another person has similar problems, and create trust and even a friendship.

There's this stress that is relieved when you realize somebody understands, and that's only going to happen if you feel the person who's writing the book or the people in the TV show aren't holding back.

I realized that there's this fine line between being personal and being general and being alienating.

I feel like the more I share, the more relatable I am.

I think when I show my vulnerability, people relate with that because they know deep down inside that they have vulnerable moments, and they can really connect and identify with me on those things.

I think that a lot of times, we all want to help each other and be a part of each other's lives. It's just - we don't allow ourselves into each other's lives.

There's not many people that I can't relate to and can't share experiences with.

Somewhere, the audience relates to my characters and their vulnerability. I believe they see themselves in me.

I know when I listen to people speak and they share their weaknesses, I'm listening, because I can resonate.

In my fiction, I pursue this idea of intimacy, but also - philosophically, politically - I just feel like that's the interesting question for me. How much can we share with other people? I'm not interested in human individuality; I don't even know what that means.