Curt Smith Quotes

Make it simple. Make it memorable. Make it inviting to look at. Make it fun to read.

Make the paper interesting.

I'm very approachable and want to meet everybody.

I am approachable.

I'm a yarn teller. My job is to engage you as much as I can and as often as I can.

If I'm doing something on stage, and it evokes an emotion, then I might show that emotion, but I also don't believe in being a preacher. If you have a point, that's a bonus. But the funny has to come first; otherwise, you shouldn't call yourself a comedian.

I didn't want the record to be cold and I don't think it's cold at all. I felt it was very people oriented.

People just love to be entertained, and in order to entertain them, you have to do things in a way that they understand.

The minute you make people laugh, you get them to listen.

I never had that reputation of being not accessible.

I saw this DJ playing music and saying things to the kids. They would answer him back, and I say, 'That's a great idea.'

I always try to make myself be very approachable and easy to talk to, so hopefully people will feel that they can approach me.

I understand entertaining. You want people to walk out saying, 'I spent a night with interesting people.'

And I think that being able to make people laugh and write a book that's funny makes the information go down a lot easier and it makes it a lot more fun to read, easier to understand, and often stronger. So there's all kinds of advantages to it.

Our games are not always the best, but they are exciting, which is what people love to see.

I just try to tell my stories in a way that is still light-hearted and fun to listen to. I'm not trying to bash you over the head with what I have to say.

I'm extremely easy to watch. I think I'm generally handsome, charming.

People want a little excitement. I tell the truth, but I do it theatrically.

You don't want to bash viewers over the head with a blunt message or lecture them - they'd soon get bored with that.

To preach is very boring, and nobody wants free advice. But if it's entertainment, then this changes. If you explain something to a kid through an interesting story, he'll be hooked.

You've got to introduce people to things in a way they're going to enjoy.

Jessie J's a funny, funny woman. What she does is she reels you in.

We preachers, people entrust us with their time week after week. I'm still stunned that people will let me talk to them for thirty minutes about anything I want to. It's a wonderful treasure that we are to steward.

I just always try to find an interesting story and tell it well. That's a hard enough thing to do, whether it's a piece of fiction or it's a small piece of reality. I just look for good story.

It doesn't feel like you're preaching, if you can say something in a joke.