George R. R. Martin Quotes

Writing is weaponized empathy. It's putting yourself in someone else's head. It's finding what's in them that relates to you.

Empathy is the most mysterious transaction that the human soul can have, and it's accessible to all of us, but we have to give ourselves the opportunity to identify, to plunge ourselves in a story where we see the world from the bottom up or through another's eyes or heart.

It's good to have to put yourself in someone else's skin. It's all-consuming.

It's got to do with putting yourself in other people's shoes and seeing how far you can come to truly understand them. I like the empathy that comes from acting.

A man, to be greatly good, must imagine intensely and comprehensively; he must put himself in the place of another and of many others; the pains and pleasures of his species must become his own.

I think when you're empathetic, you're putting yourself in somebody else's shoes, right? It's not about you.

With every character, the first thing I want to feel is empathy.

It's hard to put yourself in someone else's head.

I can't not put myself in the shoes of every person I pass.

If you can identify with people, you can empathize with people and therefore you understand things.

Understanding people certainly impacts your ability to communicate with others.

Empathy is about standing in someone else's shoes, feeling with his or her heart, seeing with his or her eyes. Not only is empathy hard to outsource and automate, but it makes the world a better place.

I think one of the biggest political failures, and the biggest social failures, over the past few years has been the failure of empathy; not being able to look at the other person down the street.

Well, I think that if you sincerely try to imagine what life is like for another person - not in a mocking way, not in a satirical way, but in a sincere, compassionate way - I don't think that's exploitive.

Writing really evokes empathy in a way very few things can do.

I feel like people assume if a character is very different than you, that means it's difficult to get into their head or into their skin.

We must put ourselves in the place of those who are to hear us

… people can't imagine someone else's point of view.

My mother always taught me to think about things from other people's perspectives and think about where they're coming from.

In the graver and more sentimental communication of man and man, the head still bears the superior sway; in the unreserved intimacies of man and woman, the heart is ever uppermost. Feeling is the main thing, and judgment passes for little.

It doesn't hurt to show some empathy.

I learned the most important thing is to put yourself in the shoes of the players.

Ninety-five percent of the time, I put myself in somebody else's position - that's how I live.

You have to put yourself in people's shoes in certain situations because you don't know what people really think or what they're really going through.

Sympathy relies on a common experience. If you're clumsy, you might have sympathy for others who tend to bump into things. Empathy, on the other hand, is the ability to understand another person's feelings even if you've never experienced them yourself.