870 Quotes About Conversation

How often have I noticed or, indeed, listened to him? We talk, but do I actually listen, or is our conversation mainly a question of my waiting for him to stop and for it to be my turn to say something? For how many of us is that what conversation means - the setting up of our lines?

Your narrative may fail to grip if you haven't taken any care to find out how well or badly your audience member is faring (or feeling).

Our words were a shaky ladder; all I could do was climb, uncertain if I was about to surmount a glorious peak or fall and smash myself on the rocks below.

Egotists cannot converse, they talk to themselves only.

Honestly, I get character ideas from the most inane places. Sometimes a song will give me an idea. Sometimes I will just hear a snippet of conversation that ends up having nothing to do with the book that emerges.

Good discourse sinks differences and seeks agreements.

I've never been to the websites. It's a lot healthier for me to keep out of the conversations about me.

It was a two-second call. There was no extended conversation. I don't understand the need to tell an untruth when you have already lost.

I have had a conversation with the referee by telephone; he is going to go home and submit a report to me overnight. At this stage I can't say any more until we get further information from the referee and look at the video.