Yorgos Lanthimos Quotes

Often it is important to listen to what people aren't saying.

There's what people say, and there's what people mean, and I like to explore the difference between the two.

Writers mean more than they say and say more than they mean.

I think it's not about what you say; it's about what you don't say.

I'm always interested in how people use language to not say what they mean.

It's not about what you tell the reader, it's about what you conceal.

Something's that written out is okay, but it's not always a clear indication of what a person means.

When you go to a movie, it's about what's not being said. I tried to bring that to Greg Sumner. It was always about what's not being said.

Where more is meant than meets the ear.

It's what people don't say that is often the most revealing.

People are always giving you credit for really wanting to say more than you said.

What I like in a good author is not what he says but what he whispers.

In terms of the secrets that imbue and underlie 'Fall on Your Knees', they were as much of a mystery to me as I was creating the story as they are to the readers.

When I realized I could write lyrics and let someone that I knew listen to them, but not know that the song was about them - say it was a girl. I could write this song about how I feel about this girl, I could play it to them. I just loved it, because all of the words would speak to them. I could see them slowly falling in love with me.

What isn't said is as important as what is said.

If I asked for a cup of coffee, someone would search for the double meaning.

The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said.

Write what he means, not what he says.

As much as movies are about the words that you're saying, they're also about what's not said, the silent moments.

I'm obsessed with subtexts. I love that we often don't say what we feel. That gap between the two. I like it when actors reveal a lot without having to say it.

We spend so much time listening to the things people are saying that we rarely pay attention to the things they don't.

Sometimes people give away more by not saying something.

Nobody ever completely means what they say. Even when they think they're telling the truth, there's always something hidden behind their words.

To read between the lines was easier than to follow the text.

I'm an instinctive actor. I just see the part and play it. I'm more interested in what isn't said - the silences.