Roland Martin Quotes

Something's that written out is okay, but it's not always a clear indication of what a person means.

There is a profound difference between information and meaning.

Something gets lost when you translate. It's hard to keep straight. Perspective is every thing.

Deciding what is being talked about is a kind of interpretive bet.

Language is a tool adequate to provide any degree of precision relevant to a particular situation.

Lady Gaga said to me, 'You showed me how it's done.' I have no idea what she meant by 'it.'

For me context is the key - from that comes the understanding of everything.

The answers you get from literature depend on the questions you pose.

one does not only wish to be understood when one writes; one wishes just as surely not to be understood.

Before any of it could make sense, it had to be heard.

There were several ways of understanding her: there was what she said, and there was what she meant, and there was something between the two, that was neither.

It all depends what you mean by.

Nobody is ever misunderstood at a fireside; he may only be disagreed with.

i can't understand her" well son, you might as well try to understand the sun". derived form the book:fires of heaven by robert jordan.

Silence is of different kinds, and breathes different meanings.

I like delivering a message, but what I find interesting is providing those details in a different context. Then the readers can make up their minds what it means.

People like to say, 'What do you mean exactly?' I would answer, 'I mean, but not exactly.'

Paper and ink are all but trash, if I cannot find the thought which the writer did think.

I really value words. I really try to illustrate and let people draw their own conclusions.

In many cases it is a matter for decision and not a simple matter of fact whether x understands y; and so on.

I'm here to make sense.

If you will read again what is written, you will see how it was.

There are always two or three or four sides to every story.

Silence is a statement that is open to gross misinterpretation.

You have to make decisions - you know what you think. That doesn't mean the audience are aware of your decisions or what you think - the lines you're saying may have ambiguity.