Direct Interaction Quotes

People who supported Obama felt like they formed a relationship, that they were being spoken to. The way that campaign worked and the way he's worked during his first term is to make people feel like he's grasping their hand, whether it's by tweeting or email, moments after an event, sometimes during an event. It makes people relate to him.

The best means of preaching the gospel is by personal contact.

All we want is a confident dude to come straight up... maybe. Just walk up and say, 'Hey, what's up?' And start from there.

I always preferred working with somebody so I could look into their eyeballs and play tennis.

I always liked popping up in a place, inviting my fans out, and then having a discourse with them in person. That's what I try to do with 'The Needle Drop,' even though it's difficult to have a two-way conversation.

Social media allows comics to bypass the gatekeepers and connect directly with people who will want to come see them.

Never write when you can talk. Never talk when you can nod. And never put anything in an e-mail.

Stage shows help you meet the audiences face-to-face.

I don’t poll. I go out into the communities and talk to regular people. That’s the poll.

Indeed, though people increasingly learn and interact online, we retain a fundamental need to engage in person.

YouTube provides a unique opportunity for all musicians to market and promote their music and directly engage their fans.

I like a direct relationship between actor and audience.

Now I get exposure first with people directly in the clubs. This is a unique situation for me.

GaGa is a digital baby - that's how they communicate. There cant be any layers between the artists and their fans.

I think it's good for the fans, as well, because they get to connect with you directly. You know, in the old days, if I wanted to, like, write to (Steven) Spielberg or Sam Raimi or whatever, I'm not sure I could actually write a fan mail and (I'd) have no idea where to actually send it. Nowadays, you can just, like, follow Ashton (Kutcher who still has among the most followers on Twitter) or, like, friend someone, you know, on Facebook, and you can actually just say, "Hey, I like your stuff."

You accept whoever you are interacting with, directly, or indirectly.

When you do TV, people will say to you right on the street how they're feeling, with no reservations.

I'm not a real big text guy. I'm not really into this new age stuff. I don't twit or tweet, but I think face-to-face is a man thing.

I go to a lot of conferences and conventions to meet with readers directly.

Advertising is what you do when you can't go see somebody. That's all it is.

To me, emails are a little bit frustrating. I think that the telephone is much preferred because you get the sound of the voice and the interest and everything else you can't see in an email.

I personally run my social media, so I read all the messages. I get amazing messages. I try to respond as much as possible. Slow, but steady.

There's no substitute to actually being in the room and having people in the room feel the force of your audition. It's very hard to beat that.

I just always believed that all comments are better face-to-face, whether they're derogatory or whether they're not.

Unlike sitting at a computer screen, printing is very direct and hands-on.