Douglas Alexander Quotes

Most conversations are simply monologues delivered in the presence of a witness.

In churches, we live with the danger of one-way verbal traffic.

When you speak, ask questions. Don't lecture.

It doesn't matter as long as there's interaction between me and the audience. That's why they come.

We cannot really communicate with our fans.

It's a dialogue, not a monologue, and some people don't understand that. Social media is more like a telephone than a television.

A lecture is much more of a dialogue than many of you probably realize.

I love conversation and the sharing of different thoughts and philosophies. That kind of stuff always makes me happy. I don't mind interviews, either - I like doing them.

I suppose I don't hear things, but I listen, if you know what I mean. And there is a big difference between hearing and listening. So it's like a conversation, you know. When you speak to someone, it's one on one, and that's exactly how I play.

I really think that in the media world that we live in now, especially for writers, it has to be a conversation. With very few exceptions, it can't be this one-way, 'Here I am on the mountaintop preaching to all of you great unwashed readers in hopes of saving you.' It doesn't work that way.

I love talking directly to the fans.

I like talking to anyone that will listen.

Lance Palmer, I'm always talking with.

I love talking to people, and I'll listen to what they have to say, and if they have ideas or something like that, I'll put you to work.

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

It is very important to me to communicate with the fans and not hide what's going on behind the scenes.

Engagement is always better then disengagement. If we don't talk, somebody else will.

What you want to do is make people talk, start a conversation.

Life is a conversation. Make it a good one.

'Dialogue' is not a dirty word; it's our word.

At the heart of every great movie is conflict. It's the same with a meeting. There should be conflict and tension.

I enjoy it. I don't run from it. I like talking to people.

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.

I believe the term "blog" means more than an online journal. I believe a blog is a conversation. People go to blogs to read AND write, not just consume.

A response is not just a re-action, a protest, as it were, against being disturbed; it is, as the word indicates, an answer. It meets the stimulus, and corresponds with it.