Lee Mack Quotes

The myth of writer as, like, Asperger-style misanthrope, or, like, the Jack Nicholson, 'As Good As It Gets' - it just doesn't work, because writers, in order to write good characters, need to understand people. You need to understand your audience. You need to have so much empathy you could almost encourage empathy in others.

We need to learn to observe and listen to people more to get to know them.

I remember how to be a person by being around them.

I grew up with my mom always talking to everyone everywhere, whether it was professionally or in a coffee shop. And my dad was the same way. So I love being able to talk to people, hear their stories and be inspired.

I'm socially awkward in life, and that's one of the reasons why I do what I do. I'm more about interpreting other people's words.

I don't like to write about myself. I like listening to people.

I take time to be with people, and I learn a lot.

Getting to know people as they are is very, very important.

Working with different people anyway is like life and meeting different people... as long as you can be empathetic, you can take a bit of them on and see what you can do to help their process. That said, my relationship with Woody Allen was trying to hang on his every word so that I could tell everybody what he said afterwards. But certainly, he was a very good example of somebody who you didn't hear talk above a very low volume for the entire time he was on-set.

I envy people who have the capacity to sit with another human being and find them endlessly interesting, I would rather watch TV. Of course this becomes eventually known to the other person.

I've just found the stories of the people I'm talking to much more interesting than my reactions to them.

I just like people. I'll hold a conversation at a gas station. It's not about the fame and the fortune, I just like people.

I've never been interested in things that sparkle and shine; I'm more interested in people.

The beauty of social awareness is that a few simple adjustments to what you say can vastly improve your relationships with other people.

I want to see children curled up with books, finding an awareness of themselves as they discover other people's thoughts. I want them to make the connection that books are people's stories, that writing is talking on paper, and I want them to write their own stories. I'd like my books to provide that connection for them.

I feel I can hang out with any group of people and find common ground to talk with them.

I am a curious person and, believe it or not, I really do like to sit back and listen to people's stories.

I think of myself as a guy who tries to write screenplays and now has tried to direct one. Anything more than that is meaningless and it gets in the way of being a real human being.

Ever since I was a kid, I've known I could talk to people.

My job is about playing people. And I think once you lose touch with people, what do you play?

I love meeting new people; I think everyone has a story to tell. We should all listen sometimes.

One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not to make a mess of life.

Ever since I can remember I was telling stories and had a huge interest in other people and what made them tick.

It's populated by people who, by and large, have terrific communication skills. Every day is an extraordinary day. For me, it was just a great area for storytelling.

I write as well as I can. I'm a journalist at heart, so it's the story that matters.