Shonda Rhimes Quotes

I have several times made a poor choice by avoiding a necessary confrontation.

Direct confrontation, direct conversation is real respect. And it's amazing how many people get that.

I don't have problems with people, because if I do, I address it.

I think confrontation is healthy, because it clears the air very quickly.

So many bad things happen in this world because people don't know how to express things.

Rod's not very good at confrontations; he would rather walk away and avoid something rather than go into it.

I'm not a person who likes to confront.

You don't just call a person out to a fight if you don't know their background, what they've been through, and how to test them.

I've learned It 's better to address conflicts head on and then move on.

My whole thing is this - and this is how I am in real life - if you start talking to me crazy, I'm not engaging in that. I'm just not saying anything.

The important lesson for the children was that they know if there is a problem, they can tell us, we can talk about it, and we can resolve it. That's what families do. You face things, and you deal with them, and you move on together.

Listen, talk, be respectful of people - and make sure that you have openness to where people are coming from. And you don't do anything that is unnecessarily antagonistic, that is only going to make you feel good because you've done it.

I believe that it's important to not just shy away from confrontation.

If I have a problem with somebody, I go ahead and say what's on my mind.

Remember, it takes two to make an argument. The one who is wrong is the one who will be doing most of the talking.

The best way to have the last word is to apologize.

I've spent so much time avoiding arguments and smoothing relationships with the people around me, this confrontation is painful.

Well, I'm not a violent person. You have to back off. People sometimes will try you and try you until you try not to, but you have to react. Normally, I just walk away.

I think it's really important to find out why people hurt you or try to oppose you or whatever.

I behaved poorly by starting this whole thing and I made some mistakes in dealing with it, and they made some mistakes in dealing with me, and taking down all my stuff was probably one of them.

Screaming, it's not me. I tried it before! Action is more my thing. Not talking. It's hard for me to have word fights, fighting with words. I'd rather just listen.

Families in real life don't tend to resolve things neatly.

Talking back and being quite aggressive about stuff and not giving a care in the world about anyone. So it was more, I think, that way and I think that's what happened in that party when I stood in between two people.

Nowadays, if you are afraid of confrontation, you are not going to do very well.

Over the years, during television interviews, whenever the host or the reviewer or whoever gets cynical and nasty with me, I will behave accordingly. I will defend myself.