Mary Ellen Mark Quotes

The key to high-quality communication is trust, and it's hard to trust somebody that you don't know.

I feel like my first conversation with someone, I really get a good feeling about who that person is and mainly about how open they are.

If you show you're human and have something to say, people will connect with you.

I feel like the more I share, the more relatable I am.

I don't have any problems getting people to open up.

My problem is that I love talking to people. I remember working in a call centre in Dalston and I'd end up having these long chats with old women.

I feel very open with people, and I'm good at disarming them and having conversations.

God has gifted me in communication. He has given me a gift to be very open about myself, which seems to really help a lot of people. It's not even anything I do on purpose. It's just something I don't have a problem with. I don't care what you know about me if it will help you.

I learned so much from listening to people. And all I knew was, the only thing I had was honesty and openness.

I know I've had an unusual beginning and a colourful life, but that wouldn't matter if I couldn't make it speak to other people.

When you get that opportunity to be honest and open with somebody, for the first time, and share things about yourself that you haven't been able to share before, that you might be scared of or ashamed about, that's really exhilarating, and I think that's something that people will really identify with.

I've actually found - especially doing my cabaret show - I'm connecting with people in a way I haven't connected with them. I've found that when you're open and honest, people respond to that, whatever you're being open and honest about. You could then, when you lay that as the groundwork, say, "Here I am. This is what I think. I come in peace." Then you're able to push out, to be able to talk about more things. And that's been a really heartening thing about my life, actually.

When I interview someone, I know in the first two minutes if I like them or not. I find that if it's easy to talk to someone and I see an openness and honesty and integrity, then I usually hire them.

I certainly wear my heart on my sleeve, and I think that comes out in the characters that I play. There's a yearning, or something, that comes out of me that people relate to.

I like, though, that people have a hunger to connect with other people. They're desperate to know that you're not lying to them or misleading them.

Talk to people in their own language. If you do it well, they'll say, 'God, he said exactly what I was thinking.' And when they begin to respect you, they'll follow you to the death.

Trust is the glue of life. It's the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It's the foundational principle that holds all relationships.

When you are honest and open with young people, they let you in.

I think Raymond is very honest about human relationships.

Writing songs helped me figure out how to communicate with other people. I finally figured out that if I could express something in a song, I could probably express it in my real life, too.

The shortest distance between two people is a smile.

I don't feel like I need to preach to the world or nothing like that. I just feel like I share what I say, and if listeners get it, they get it. And I never underestimate the audience's ability to feel me.

My belief is that communication is the best way to create strong relationships.

Young people want you to be real with them.

Communication is so much better when people are vulnerable.