Paulo Coelho Quotes

What better way to connect with people than by staring and talking straight at them? Don't blink - that's one less connection you could have made.

I love acting with kids, cause they're great acting partners. They're totally present. Even when they're acting, they're still available and you can crack them up or something weird will happen and they'll go with it.

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

Let us make a special effort to stop communicating with each other, so we can have some conversation.

You can't just walk away when somebody recognizes you. You have to take some time out and talk to them. It's not a waste of time - I just love talking to people. And I don't do this to sell records. The truth is, I do what I do because I love it.

Listening to people keeps them entertained.

My job is to have empathy and curiosity for things that I've never done. Also, I'm a person whom people talk to.

I think people are willing to talk about anything if you come to it with kindness.

I like talking.

I think one of the things about listening is that it's always at its most powerful when it's present, when it's right here, when it's right now. And that's a lesson about improv that I think just made me a much more social person.

I have a natural curiosity about the world, and I just love to talk.

If you want to shake a hand, if you want a story, I'll be more than happy to sit down with you and talk with you. It's what I love to do.

In apartments and cottages, on the street and in the train... I listen... More and more, I turn into one large ear, always turning to another person.

You want to talk to someone; first open your ears.

Play is the establishment and exploration of relationship.

Instead of talking in the hope that people will listen, try listening in the hope that people will talk.

Meeting the people. I love it. Just talking with people and sharing part of their lives for just a few moments ... I get love and appreciation and I hope I give them the same.

We belong to talking, not what talking is about... Stop talking - and you are out. Silence equals exclusion.

The beautiful thing about New York is, you have to expose yourself to other people the minute you step outside the door. There is no choice. And I love that.

There's a love that I want to continue to offer people. And, I hope I can offer people that love through the art.

I love being honest and intimate with people. I love building community. I love emailing with readers.

The cure for cynicism is simply to engage honestly.

No matter what you're doing, live it. Make an experience. Have fun. Relate to someone. Take them in. Learn.

Things change and work changes. Right now I like the idea of enveloping a space and getting messages across that connect to the world in ways that seem familiar but are different.

Most people are really cool and I really don't mind talking to them and answering their questions.