Talking about how I might write the next book is like talking about whether or not to have sex. Any dithering ruins it. – Louise Erdrich
Talking to actors is the same as talking to any other artists; it’s getting into the moment for them, and making sure they can lose themselves in the performance! – Jennifer Yuh Nelson
There are certainly days that we can convince ourselves in Washington that everybody’s talking about one thing, and then I’ll go home to my district and realize that everybody’s actually talking about something different. – John Sarbanes
I’d much rather have 15 people arguing about something than 15 people splitting into two camps, each side convinced it’s right and not talking to the other. – Linus Torvalds
We are talking about institutionalizing a program on solar development that will outlast the Obama administration. – Ken Salazar
I guess when Rick is finished with his Journey to the Centre of the Earth, then we might have a go at something. We’d like to, we’re open to it, and we’ve been talking about it. – Keith Emerson
When we’re talking about technology that involves weapons of mass destruction, nuclear, chemical or biological weapons, there has to be an element of preemption. – John Sununu
There’s no sense in being precise when you don’t even know what you’re talking about. – John von Neumann
I’ve written about superheroes. I’ve written about talking ferrets and math geniuses being chased by madmen. I’ve written about spies and demon-hunting soccer moms. I’ve created an entire world that centers around a paranormal judicial system. – Julie Kenner
I was very chatty and talkative and always getting sent out of class for talking too much and not paying attention, passing notes. – Lucy Punch
L.A. was just an inspiring kind of place to be. It felt like going to Paris in the Twenties and Thirties. Everybody’s there. Everybody’s hanging around. Everybody’s talking about music. – Joe Perry
Folks are always talking about 40 acres and a mule, but what we need is some psychoanalysis. Forget 40 acres in a mule: sign all of us up for some shrinks so we can get ourselves right by reflecting and truly learning ourselves. – LaTanya Richardson
When we mention the 1 percent and the 99 percent, everybody now knows what we are talking about. It’s part of our vocabulary. How quickly these numbers jumped from the sidelines to the center. – Madeleine M. Kunin
I still get a little nervous when talking to girls. Which is awful, and embarrassing, because I feel like I shouldn’t. – Josh Hutcherson
I’m very confident in my sexuality, and I really don’t like talking about my romantic life in the press. – Jack Falahee
It’s probably odd for someone to read an interview where the interviewee is worried about exposure while they’re talking in an interview. – John Hawkes
Ultimately when I gave up the use of motorized vehicles, I walked everywhere, from town to town, across states and two continents. When I stopped talking, I mean literally I stopped speaking. I took a complete vow of silence. – John Francis
If there is one thing I object to, it’s actors talking about how tough their jobs are. – Kevin Spacey
Doubleday is used to my talking about manners because I am, after all, known for that, and that’s my persona. – Letitia Baldrige