Marissa Jaret Winokur Quotes

Technology is synonymous for connection with other people.

I used to always prefer to text, and in fact got indignant when people called. This was totally irrational.

Technology has changed the fan/actor interaction quite a bit. Now it's really easy to communicate with a large group of people in a really short time, and that... opens a lot of possibilities. You can do a lot of things with it that you couldn't do before. It's kind of fun to figure out how that can be employed.

We move sometimes. We send messages to each other. We talk on the phone. Tell me, what can we do?

I don't understand this whole Twitter, Facebook stuff. I don't get it. Make a phone call. Talk to somebody.

The way communication works is changing.

Email is the greatest thing.

Internet is a good and convenient device for us for easy communication. It has lots of value.

Way, way back in the day, like in the 1990s, if you wanted to tell everyone you ate waffles for breakfast, you couldn’t just go on the Internet and tweet it out. There was only one way to do it. You had to go outside and scream at the top of your lungs, 'I ate waffles for breakfast!' That’s why so many people ended up in institutions. They seemed crazy, but when you think about it, they were just ahead of their time.

Email helps me keep in touch with my family. I wouldn't know what my extended family was doing every day if we weren't emailing each other.

Social media allows me to pick my times for social interaction.

In this age of media and Internet access, we are much more talkative than ever before.

Human beings are human beings. They say what they want, don't they? They used to say it across the fence while they were hanging wash. Now they just say it on the Internet.

Twitter's popularity and usefulness are mysteries to me.

I'm not such a fan of the concept of social media, though I don't have anything against it. I still love to call the people I want to be friends with.

The essence of conversation is not which media format we choose to talk to each other with, so we don't differentiate between snaps and chats. It's just someone wanting to talk to you.

I don't email.

I really like to communicate to my fans. I have a fan club president who I've had for over 15 years.

In America, everyone writes but no one reads. Everyone's writing all day long - sending emails, tweets, text messages; they all think they're James Cameron's Avatar, performing in some video game for which they make up the script.

Social networking websites like Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr provide an unparalleled ability for people to stay connected in new and unique ways.

I'm well in touch with my family, my children. I keep them on my answer phone, so if I want to hear one of their voices, all I have to do is punch it up and it will be there.

Somewhere along the way, when we were building social media products, we forgot the reason we like to communicate with our friends is because it's fun.

My view of social media is that it is a set of tools, not a religion.

Communication is at the very core of our society. That's what makes us human.

The telephone is a good way to talk to people without having to offer them a drink.