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Talk Quotes

"I like to talk on TV about those things that aren't worth writing about."

"I like to talk on TV about those things that aren't worth writing about."

Truman Capote, American Novelist

Talk, Worth, Writing

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"You know, I think whatever a comic talks about onstage is all they talk about offstage."

"You know, I think whatever a comic talks about onstage is all they talk about offstage."

Sarah Silverman, American Comedian

36

"I write a good amount. I've been gathering up a backlog of stuff and maybe I'll do something with it someday, but I don't want to talk about it just yet because that would jinx it."

"I write a good amount. I've been gathering up a backlog of stuff and maybe I'll do something with it someday, but I don't want to talk about it just yet because that would jinx it."

Macaulay Culkin, American Actor

36

"A good editor understands what you're talking and writing about and doesn't meddle too much."

"A good editor understands what you're talking and writing about and doesn't meddle too much."

Irwin Shaw, American Novelist

Talk, Talking, Writing

36

"I would talk in iambic pentameter if it were easier."

"I would talk in iambic pentameter if it were easier."

Howard Nemerov, American Poet

36

"Tombstones don't talk back."

"Tombstones don't talk back."

Leland Chapman, American Celebrity

36

"My ass contemplates those who talk behind my back."

"My ass contemplates those who talk behind my back."

Francis Picabia, French Artist

36

"It's difficult to talk about Pele because I didn't see him."

"It's difficult to talk about Pele because I didn't see him."

Thierry Henry, French Athlete

35

"I don't sit well. I like to move around as I talk."

"I don't sit well. I like to move around as I talk."

Garry Marshall, American Actor

35

"I go to my favourite tournament, I talk about my favourite sport and it's just a great month of parading."

"I go to my favourite tournament, I talk about my favourite sport and it's just a great month of parading."

Boris Becker, German Athlete

35

"In the theater, characters have to cut the umbilical cord from the writer and talk in their own voices."

"In the theater, characters have to cut the umbilical cord from the writer and talk in their own voices."

Irwin Shaw, American Novelist

Talk, Theater, Writer

35

"Los Angeles is an industry town, and it has great facilities and personnel. The disadvantage is that everyone there seems to talk about the same subject matter."

"Los Angeles is an industry town, and it has great facilities and personnel. The disadvantage is that everyone there seems to talk about the same subject matter."

Carter Burwell, American Composer

35

"My arse contemplates those who talk behind my back."

"My arse contemplates those who talk behind my back."

Francis Picabia, French Artist

35

"If you talk about preemption you better know things rather than think things."

"If you talk about preemption you better know things rather than think things."

Byron Dorgan, American Politician

35

"I liked Camille Paglia. I liked her even better when I heard her talk."

"I liked Camille Paglia. I liked her even better when I heard her talk."

Leslie Fiedler, American Critic

35

"We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less."

"We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less."

Diogenes, Greek Philosopher

35

"I wish I could talk to Annette, but she doesn't even correspond at this point."

"I wish I could talk to Annette, but she doesn't even correspond at this point."

Frankie Avalon, American Actor

34

"Tennis lets you talk while you're playing."

"Tennis lets you talk while you're playing."

Jane Kaczmarek, American Actress

34

"I mean normally you have your agent call the other agent and all the agents talk and then finally you get a phone call and you hear some misrepresentation of what someone else had to say."

"I mean normally you have your agent call the other agent and all the agents talk and then finally you get a phone call and you hear some misrepresentation of what someone else had to say."

Radha Mitchell, Australian Actress

34

"I'll let the racket do the talking."

"I'll let the racket do the talking."

John McEnroe, American Athlete

34

"There are a million things I can think of that I would I want to do. Reporting like you, would be one. A talk show host maybe, also. I want to do a lot."

"There are a million things I can think of that I would I want to do. Reporting like you, would be one. A talk show host maybe, also. I want to do a lot."

Justin Guarini, American Musician

34

"I don't have to talk about whether or not I got raped in jail."

"I don't have to talk about whether or not I got raped in jail."

Tupac Shakur, American Musician

34

"I'll talk about the Everglades at the drop of a hat."

"I'll talk about the Everglades at the drop of a hat."

Marjory Stoneman Douglas, American Journalist

34

"I sometimes talk about the making of a poem within the poem."

"I sometimes talk about the making of a poem within the poem."

Howard Nemerov, American Poet

33

"Talk when you talk, walk when you walk, and die when you die."

"Talk when you talk, walk when you walk, and die when you die."

Natalie Goldberg, American Author

33

"Of course, I'm not allowed to talk about the script, but I can say it is a really good story."

"Of course, I'm not allowed to talk about the script, but I can say it is a really good story."

Aaron Stanford, American Actor

33

"Our chief defect is that we are more given to talking about things than to doing them."

"Our chief defect is that we are more given to talking about things than to doing them."

Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian Leader

33

"I'll talk to myself out loud a lot."

"I'll talk to myself out loud a lot."

Mira Sorvino, American Actress

33

"He who talks much cannot talk well."

"He who talks much cannot talk well."

Carlo Goldoni, Italian Playwright

33

"I can talk to anybody but when it comes to somebody that I like, then I turn into like this five-year-old kindergartener in a sandbox."

"I can talk to anybody but when it comes to somebody that I like, then I turn into like this five-year-old kindergartener in a sandbox."

Jonathan Bennett, British Philosopher

32

"It is possible to stand around with a cocktail in one's hand and talk with everyone, which means with no one."

"It is possible to stand around with a cocktail in one's hand and talk with everyone, which means with no one."

Jerzy Kosinski, Polish Novelist

32

"Never explain what you do. It speaks for itself. You only muddle it by talking about it."

"Never explain what you do. It speaks for itself. You only muddle it by talking about it."

Shel Silverstein, American Poet

32

"I've just come back from Mississippi and over there when you talk about the West Bank they think you mean Arkansas."

"I've just come back from Mississippi and over there when you talk about the West Bank they think you mean Arkansas."

Patrick Buchanan, American Political Commentator

32

"There have been many times when I've been asked to appear and I'd say to myself, what am I going to talk about? Early on, when I did interviews, I'd tell everyone, Don't ask me about dates. I don't even remember what I did yesterday."

"There have been many times when I've been asked to appear and I'd say to myself, what am I going to talk about? Early on, when I did interviews, I'd tell everyone, Don't ask me about dates. I don't even remember what I did yesterday."

Otis Blackwell, American Musician

Talk, Yesterday

32

"Always do something that requires you and your date to talk."

"Always do something that requires you and your date to talk."

Steven Hill, American Actor

32

"I'll talk. You'll listen."

"I'll talk. You'll listen."

Bruce Nauman, American Sculptor

31

"I'm very grateful to Jennifer Lopez, because I have something to talk about for the last couple of years."

"I'm very grateful to Jennifer Lopez, because I have something to talk about for the last couple of years."

Steven Cojocaru, Canadian Critic

31

"I created the characters from what I read in the script. I decided how I should talk, accent, no accent, my own voice, or a created voice. Then, I visualize what I should look like."

"I created the characters from what I read in the script. I decided how I should talk, accent, no accent, my own voice, or a created voice. Then, I visualize what I should look like."

Ruth Buzzi, American Actress

31

"The storyboard department doesn't talk to the layout department, which doesn't talk to the writing department. They're all jealous of each other."

"The storyboard department doesn't talk to the layout department, which doesn't talk to the writing department. They're all jealous of each other."

John Kricfalusi, Canadian Artist

31

"We move sometimes. We send messages to each other. We talk on the phone. Tell me, what can we do?"

"We move sometimes. We send messages to each other. We talk on the phone. Tell me, what can we do?"

Walid Jumblatt, Lebanese Politician

31

"I don't talk about political matters. That's not my department."

"I don't talk about political matters. That's not my department."

Nancy Reagan, American First Lady

30

"I'm guarded; I don't talk much."

"I'm guarded; I don't talk much."

David Byrne, Scottish Musician

30

"What I read is so distorted that I cannot believe that the person they are talking about is myself."

"What I read is so distorted that I cannot believe that the person they are talking about is myself."

Bob Kane, American Artist

30

"I wondered if I would talk about drug use. But I guess, why hide it?"

"I wondered if I would talk about drug use. But I guess, why hide it?"

Elliott Smith, American Musician

30

"I talk by playing, not by words."

"I talk by playing, not by words."

Bernie Worrell, American Musician

29

"Our bodies are hanging along for the ride, but my brain is talking to your brain. And if we want to understand who we are and how we feel and perceive, we really understand what brains are."

"Our bodies are hanging along for the ride, but my brain is talking to your brain. And if we want to understand who we are and how we feel and perceive, we really understand what brains are."

Jeff Hawkins, American Inventor

Talk, Talking, Want

29

"Recently I've been participating in radio and television talk programs doing broadcasts and conferences, and shooting my mouth off and really going to town."

"Recently I've been participating in radio and television talk programs doing broadcasts and conferences, and shooting my mouth off and really going to town."

Peter Maxwell Davies, English Composer

Talk, Television

29

"We're developing things, but I don't know what we'll go with for the show, so I don't like to talk about it."

"We're developing things, but I don't know what we'll go with for the show, so I don't like to talk about it."

Marc Jacobs, American Designer

29

"If you write something the White House doesn't like, they take you in and say, 'If you ever write something like you did today, nobody from the White House will ever talk to you again,'"

"If you write something the White House doesn't like, they take you in and say, 'If you ever write something like you did today, nobody from the White House will ever talk to you again,'"

Ron Suskind, American Journalist

Talk, Today, Will

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"Instead of yelling at a TV set, I get to talk."

"Instead of yelling at a TV set, I get to talk."

Art Spiegelman, American Artist

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