Sayed Kashua Quotes

I'm not a screamer. I'm confrontational, but I don't think that translates into anger.

I don't want to be the angry guy.

People take things too personally - I don't. If someone says something about me, I let it go. But unfortunately, everyone isn't like that. So I'm trying to be more diplomatic - but people always want a headline from me!

Remember, if you want to love your life and live it to the fullest, don't let the sun go down on your anger. If you don't have a solution to the issue, agree to disagree and focus on the importance of the relationship.

I can't stand confrontation, which maybe is a character flaw. But having said that, I do feel like when I do get upset - which is rare, as my husband and family would say - I have a hard time letting go.

If you're going to be mad, at least let the people know what you're mad about.

Everyone should have a life coach. We learn history, maths, and science at school, but we don't have the tools to understand emotions: to release them and not hold on to anger.

I have several times made a poor choice by avoiding a necessary confrontation.

In real life, I tend to yell at people a lot. Not because I'm bossy or mean, but because I'm frustrated.

Speak when you are angry - and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret.

So I'm not worried about the emotions I carry with me, because I'm happy that I have them; I think it's good for the work I do. The emotions that are not healthy are the ones you hold inside, like anger.

I like people and get along, and I'm afraid to express my anger and my rage.

One reason why it has become harder to promote the beneficial side of emotions such as anger is that the moral vocabulary of good and bad has been replaced by the self-help lexicon of positive and negative thinking.

If somebody pisses me off and I understand it ain't personal then I'll go to another place and I'll meditate.

When you have an intense game, you're going to have arguments. I have no problem with it. I think it's healthy.

All through life I've harbored anger rather than expressed it at the moment.

I went through a period where I just wanted to punch everybody. Since then, I've had a lot of therapy and I've figured a lot of things out.

I think I cry when I'm angry. I let it go that way.

If I'm on a bus and someone makes my blood boil, I'll pocket those emotions and put them in a song.

Tactically, yelling at Google is unwise.

I think, for one, we have to really accept that anger is a normal human emotion that can be a positive force for change.

Sometimes you get submerged by emotion. I think it's very important to express it - which doesn't necessarily mean hitting someone.

I think I won't do for your business at all, but personally I have no fight with you. You can go on and save all the critics you can, but don't send them to me.

To get along with me, don't increase my tension.

It is wise to direct your anger towards problems - not people; to focus your energies on answers - not excuses.