James Lipton Quotes

I don't think of myself as giving interviews. I just have conversations. That gets me in trouble.

I try to ask the questions I think fans want to hear and just have a good, relaxed conversation.

Talking is always positive. That's why I talk too much.

I'm not an interviewer. I have conversations.

For the most part, if somebody approaches me and says, 'I'd like to interview you,' who am I to say no, when I spend all my days going, 'Hello, you don't know me. I'd like to ask you some questions. Do you have a little time?'

Certainly I'm always willing to talk to anyone who's interested in talking to me!

The very essence of modern life is the opportunity for people everywhere to speak, hear, persuade, change their minds, know what others are thinking, and think for themselves.

The main purpose of engaging in conversation can no longer be personal advancement or respectability. Instead, I'd like for us to use conversations to create equality, to open ourselves to strangers, and, most practically, to remake our working world.

Do you know why I don't like doing press? I have trouble condensing things. I'd rather have a conversation.

I love to listen to people talk, especially when they're being really honest and they're not trying to sound any particular way.

I love talking to people, hearing people's stories; I love honest things.

I like to talk. I admit it.

I liked being able to speak to somebody and throw it back and forth, and they can't predict what you're going to say next.

I'm fine talking about a lot of things.

I have a natural curiosity about the world, and I just love to talk.

I have a very open and honest relationship with the NXT Universe.

It is very important to me to communicate with the fans and not hide what's going on behind the scenes.

At my shows, I like everyone to have a good time... but, I like for us to be real because there's freedom in that.

A lot of times, going into the interview, you have an idea of maybe what you want to talk about. And the people you are interviewing have an idea of what they want to talk about.

I enjoy it. I don't run from it. I like talking to people.

Years ago, I tried to top everybody, but I don't anymore. I realized it was killing conversation. When you're always trying for a topper you aren't really listening. It ruins communication

I imagine how cool it would be if all small talk wasn't lies.

I think that's the most important thing: that we create dialogue.

Talk is free. You never know what's going to happen after you talk. There's always a perception about a guy until you actually sit down and talk with him.

I didn't write my speech until the night before, and even then I refused to write it out like I would say it, preferring to keep cribbed notes I could come back to if necessary. I wanted this to feel like a conversation because it was what I wanted to say that mattered, not how it looked on paper.