Emmett Shear Quotes

I called Vee. "How are you doing?" I asked. "Good. How are you?" "Good." Silence. "Okay," Vee said in a rush, "I am still totally freaked out. You?" "Totally.

If there's a silence in a room I'll try to fill it as soon as humanly possible.

I tried to think of something to say. Excuse me? Hello? Marry me? Anything would have done.

What is it about silence that makes people uneasy?

most people are perfectly afraid of silence

I don't like the act of talking; it makes me slightly light-headed.

I like to talk to people and, obviously, to photograph them.

I guess a lot of people don't like talking.

I have a horror of boring someone or, worse still, of someone boring me. I said to my mother when I was seven, 'But, Mums, if it was only my husband and me in the house together, what would we talk about?' I've never wanted to answer my own question, and doubt I'll bother now.

In my personal life, I will do whatever it takes to make a situation comfortable if I sense - if I'm talking to someone [and] I sense there's a silence, I'll try to fill that gap. It makes me very anxious when things get uncomfortable.

What happens when two people talk? That is really the basic question here, because, that's the basic context in which all persuasion takes place.

To talk, simply to talk! It sounds so little, and how much it is! When you have existed to the brink of middle age in bitter loneliness, among people to whom your true opinion on every subject on earth is blasphemy, the need to talk is the greatest of all needs.

Bore: one who has the power of speech but not the capacity for conversation.

Conversation is a beautiful thing. When I was a younger guy, just wandering around talking to people was what kept me connected to the world.

Silence propagates itself, and the longer talk has been suspended, the more difficult it is to find anything to say.

I believe I shall never be old enough to speak without embarrassment when I have nothing to talk about.

There are always more people who prefer to speak than to listen.

Most people have to talk so they won't hear.

I don't like when there's too much conversation because I'm shy and it makes me uncomfortable.

The person who talks a lot or talks over people misses out because they weren't listening.

I like to play the grey areas in life - that's the most uncomfortable place to be. Nobody likes to be in that in-between state where there don't know what's going to happen. There's a lot of tension in that, and a lot of stuff to play with - where it's uncomfortable and awkward and sad and scary.

People love to talk, so let them have fun talking.

I'm always just waiting for someone to cut me off; I'm a chatty guy.

I don't like to fly. I've never been a good flyer. I have a lot of friends that have permanent nail marks in their arms... The moaning that comes from me when there is turbulence. It's awkward for everyone around.

Happy is the hearing man; unhappy the speaking man.