Unspoken Intentions Quotes

There's what people say, and there's what people mean, and I like to explore the difference between the two.

I'm not usually comfortable to talk about things I haven't done yet.

I don't exactly know what I mean by that, but I mean it.

If you are dating someone in New York City, and they invite you over to watch a movie, they don't really want to watch a movie.

Something's that written out is okay, but it's not always a clear indication of what a person means.

Often it is important to listen to what people aren't saying.

People are always giving you credit for really wanting to say more than you said.

I don't do anything mysterious on purpose. I'm less than forthcoming, but that doesn't necessarily mean I'm mysterious. It just means I'm not inclined to go there.

The most important things to say are those which often I did not think necessary for me to say - because they were too obvious.

People may or may not say what they mean... but they always say something designed to get what they want.

I think it's not about what you say; it's about what you don't say.

I'm always interested in how people use language to not say what they mean.

Sometimes people give away more by not saying something.

Writers mean more than they say and say more than they mean.

It's impossible to remove agendas.

It's not about what you tell the reader, it's about what you conceal.

A man's most open actions have a secret side to them.

To spell out the obvious is often to call it in question.

I am so used to hints and mixed messages, saying things that might mean what they sort of sound like they mean. Games and contests, roles and rituals, talking in twelve languages at once so the true words won't be so obvious. I am not used to a plainspoken, honest truth.

The Ideal Man should talk to us as if we were goddesses, and treat us as if we were children. He should refuse all our serious requests, and gratify every one of our whims. He should encourage us to have caprices, and forbid us to have missions. He should always say much more than he means, and always mean much more than he says.

In terms of the secrets that imbue and underlie 'Fall on Your Knees', they were as much of a mystery to me as I was creating the story as they are to the readers.

My father would often start to say something, then say 'Forget it.'

Silence is a statement that is open to gross misinterpretation.

Scientists attach great importance to the human capacity for spoken language. But we also have a parallel track of nonverbal communication, which may reveal more than our carefully chosen words, and sometimes be at odds with them.

We cannot see but a small depth into the heart of man, and can only discover the work of his tongue.