Maajid Nawaz Quotes

When younger, I thought one of the particulars of being "Homo sapiens" was to communicate. I have not learned not to, though I am cautious when I try.

I used to be really insular, really introverted. I couldn't articulate myself.

I'm into people's emotional lives and relationships and the complications of living. That's my turf.

I don't always know how to communicate. I think I get a bit unfiltered and a bit strange to people.

Now, I talk to athletes who answer questions with a 'yeah'. I realize I used to do that. Or they answer very quickly and you stand there trying to come up with another question to ask. I've seen both sides and it's been very educational.

I find that communication as an actor and person is an important part of who I am. And I'm really drawn into the psychology of those dynamics.

It's technically extremely difficult to get down what you really mean, not what you think you mean, or what you think sounds good, but what's really there, what you really have to express, in words that somehow convey that meaning in an approximate way.

I do do a lot of talking, because it saves me listening.

For me, becoming a man had a lot to do with learning communication, and I learned about that by acting.

I feel that if a person has problems communicating the very least he can do is to shut up.

I need to be able to explain myself in context.

What gives it its human character is that the individual through language addresses himself in the role of the others in the group and thus becomes aware of them in his own conduct.

One's eyes are what one is, one's mouth is what one becomes.

The more I talk about things, the more I understand myself.

Language just gradually came in, one or two stressed words a time. Before then, I would just scream. I couldn't talk. I couldn't get my words out. So the only way I could tell someone what I wanted was to scream. If I didn't want to wear a hat, the only way I knew to communicate was screaming and throwing it on the floor.

I like to think I'm a listener, and I'm fascinated by observing people - I suppose you just lock that in.

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.

I've gotten better at not making people feel uncomfortable with my shyness.

How can I know what I think till I see what I say?

Some relationships get easier as you get older, depending on what sort of person you are. I don't think I've got any better at them.

I have an urge to communicate. I think I'm a change from what it would be like dating a normal guy who doesn't talk too much.

As a novelist, I suppose I can say that I'm highly articulate. But I know, as a person, in other ways, I'm not always articulate. I think we are all, from time to time, inarticulate, at some level, about some things.

I remember how to be a person by being around them.

As I've gotten to know myself over the years, I realised I'm kind of a sweet, sensitive guy, a shy guy, and communication is not something I'm so good at.

I don't know whether it's a fear of standing up, but I really love sitting at the table and blabbing. I learn so much that way, and I think I get free that way, free from inhibition and fears.