Alex Haley Quotes

I don't talk a lot when I interview. My job is to get out of the way.

Listen more than you talk.

The biggest piece of advice I have is - listen. Don't jump to the answer or what you think the answer is. The more you listen, the more you learn.

Listen more than you speak.

I learn lessons with every interview I give.

Learning is a result of listening, which in turn leads to even better listening and attentiveness to the other person. In other words, to learn from the child, we must have empathy, and empathy grows as we learn.

Once we get them in the studio, you interview a person the same way you would interview another. You ask them a question. You let them answer. You try to listen closely and then ask a follow-up.

You have to do a lot of listening, you don't just learn out of yourself.

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.

Most of the successful people I've known are the ones who do more listening than talking.

I'd say the best way to train someone is to remember that you have two ears and one mouth, and use them in that ratio. That's hard to do, and ultimately what we've learned is how many false positives you get from listening to what someone says they're going to do instead of observing what they actually do.

I actually think of myself as quite a shy person, although I know I give the impression of someone much more confident. I think what I do have is a capacity to listen to the other, even if the other is an opponent. That leads, in all senses of the word, to an engagement.

You know, it's weird being interviewed! Because the weird thing about being interviewed is you get asked these questions that you've never thought about, and you find out what you think as you answer.

If you're doing an interview, you need conversational tension. After you talk to them, you're not going to have a relationship with them, they're not going to like you, they're not going to be your friend.

I am a curious person and, believe it or not, I really do like to sit back and listen to people's stories.

Well, I think part of my gift, or if I have one, is that I love listening.

I became a better listener than I ever had been as a result of playing Jean Luc Picard because it was one of the things that he does terrifically well.

I learned to listen and listen very well. It helped me athletically and in the classroom as well. The person who talks a lot or talks over people misses out because they weren't listening.

Listening is more important than talking. Just hit your mark and believe what you say. Just listen to people and react to what they are saying.

My job is to have empathy and curiosity for things that I've never done. Also, I'm a person whom people talk to.

When I interview people, and they give me an immediate answer, they're often not thinking. So I'm silent. I wait. Because they think they have to keep answering. And it's the second train of thought that's the better answer.

Training to be a therapist teaches you to shut up and listen, and that is certainly useful as a writer.

And if you don't have your ears open, you're not going to be able to figure out what you should be doing.

I can be a good listener. I can ask the right questions a lot of the time.

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.