Engaging Discussion Quotes

I think you kind of hope for people to gush over movies, but I think the opposite way is great sometimes, too. I'd rather have a movie that you're angry about and that you're talking about the next day, than something you forget about when the popcorn goes into the trash.

When interviews are good, the conversation can be amazing. Sometimes I've had conversations with journalists that I've never had with anybody else.

It is always a good time when I visit the 'Melissa Harris Perry Show' on MSNBC.

Really smart people don't want to say stupid things, and they really don't want to be a part of a PR-engineered interview. People really do want to be smart, and they want smart questions. So, if you ask smart questions, there's no way you can't do well.

I like when you can have a conversation with people and it's not just stock questions.

I'm always willing to talk to somebody if they have something to say that is interesting.

The nice thing about really intelligent people is that when you talk with them they make you feel intelligent too.

Oh, I don’t know. That digression business got on my nerves. I don’t know. The trouble with me is, I like it when somebody digresses. It’s more interesting and all.

We were very different, and we disagreed about a lot of things, but he was always so interesting, you know?

Good communication is just as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleep after.

I always want to be able to be in a room where I know I'm going to be entertained and challenged.

We talked for hours. He talked and I listened. It was like wind and sunlight. It blew all the cobwebs away.

I like raconteurs; I like conversation. I liked the 'Tonight Show' when it was 90 minutes, I like when people aren't plugging things per se, and they're just in the moment being interesting.

I hate when people say, "Have fun at the press preview." Fun is talking to you.

I just talk just to talk. I like to see what other people think. There's some things somebody tweets me every day where I'm like, 'Wow, I never thought of this issue that way.' It starts great conversation with people who I would never get a chance to actually communicate with.

I like the ability to engage intellectually with someone. I get so bored so quickly, so if you can't keep me interested, then I'm out.

If you explore beneath shyness or party chit-chat, you can sometimes turn a dull exchange into an intriguing one. I've found this to be particularly true in the case of professors or intellectuals, who are full of fascinating information, but need encouragement before they'll divulge it.

Never ask a bore a question.

Chael will forever go down as one of my favorite interviews because he always kept you on your toes.

I guess I'm not really fond of just chit-chatting. I want to learn something and have an experience.