David Zayas Quotes

if we stop talking at one another, and start talking with one another, we can get a lot done.

If you want help from partners, that means listening to them every once in a while.

The point is that filmmaking is a collaborative effort; it isn't about imposing your vision on other people. It's about the talking, you know?

When you work together in a creative way, you have to be less selfish about your ideas and learn to let both parties feel valued. Of course, that's also a really great quality to have in a relationship, too.

I've learned how to trust someone else's ideas with mine.

I think a good relationship is about collaboration.

When you have a conflict, that means that there are truths that have to be addressed on each side of the conflict. And when you have a conflict, then it's an educational process to try to resolve the conflict. And to resolve that, you have to get people on both sides of the conflict involved so that they can dialogue.

Understanding is a two-way street.

In every relationship, you have to be a team.

The four of us are really in sync with each other. We're pretty open about most things. We try to respect each other as much as we can. For us, communication is really important.

All the small things matter. Communication. It doesn't matter what you are doing. You have to be on the same page.

Talk to your enemies; sometimes ignorance comes from a lack of understanding.

In a way, sometimes collaborating is more difficult because you have to listen.

Relationships are negotiated and if you deal with ultimatums and authority all the time, then you're not going to get anywhere.

A family needs to work as a team, supporting each other's individual aims and aspirations.

If you can sing together, you can live together.

The real business of life is trying to understand each other.

When two people love each other, they don't look at each other, they look in the same direction.

Communication between band-mates is imperative. Communication is the key to any healthy relationship. If I need to be checked, I expect to hear it put in plain words what my faults are, and give my band-mates the ultimate consideration by shutting up and listening, then acting on the advice given. Same goes for anyone else in any band.

You have to work with people you really love.

And I've always said, 'If two people think the same thing about everything, one of them isn't necessary.' We need to be able to understand that if we're going to make real progress.

Many years ago, I think I got my first insight on how an incredibly diverse team can work together and do astonishing things, and not just misunderstand each other and fight.

The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

Both times I was in India, I could not get people to listen to each other. I had to literally tell people to listen to each other and tell them that they can't get creative and find alternate solutions if they don't listen to each other. There's a lot of arguing and justifying.

If you listen, you'll learn. If you talk over each other, you don't accomplish anything.