Do not shut up the young people against their will in a pew, and force the children to ask them questions for an hour against their will.
Justice has no independent existence; it results from mutual contracts, and establishes itself wherever there is a mutual engagement to guard against doing or sustaining mutual injury.
Every novel is an equal collaboration between the writer and the reader and it is the only place in the world where two strangers can meet on terms of absolute intimacy.
A quarrel is quickly settled when deserted by one party; there is no battle unless there be two.
I used to tell people when I preached at a church, 'If you want a great sermon, be a great audience.'
One of the things I love about theater, one of the reasons I'll never give it up, is that it's fifty percent the audience's responsibility.
There is no common understanding, and no community life. But in a shared activity, each person refers what he is doing to what the other is doing and vice-versa.
I ain't going to chase someone around. I ain't going to talk about someone that ain't talking about me.
No, you have to talk first. You wanted to talk. It means you say something and I respond and you talk back again. It's one of the human race's most shining achievements. It's called a conversation.
In chess one cannot control everything. Sometimes a game takes an unexpected turn, in which beauty begins to emerge. Both players are always instrumental in this.
I think you can only be outgoing when the person you're talking to is outgoing. I can be outgoing if I want to be, if you meet me halfway.
It's always nice when you get a chance to actually work with the other actor. It just brings the scene to life, in a way that's not as easy to replicate on your own.
In my family, we can't just sit and be together. We have to be shelling peas or husking corn or something. A larger task. Some way of being with people.
At any appearance, I make sure that before the person takes a pic and runs away, that I make contact. All I can do is give that little bit of me, the kickback is miraculous.
I just get such a connection from an audience. You play with them. I get mad at them. I yell at them. They yell at me. It's just fun.
It's rare in life to look at all the people around you and realize that they're all invested in what you're doing.
I know that lack of contact creates more lack of contact, and contact creates more contact, or at least an ability to talk to with each other.
I will help you approach if you approach, and to keep away if you keep away.
I like people to match my energy.
