transparent dialogue Quotes

I do have love for Japan. At the same time, I have a complex relationship with Japan because I'm Korean. But I think it shows the strength of a country when you can talk about the past transparently.

If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it.

One thing I have learned is, if people tell you they had a "frank" discussion with someone, it is usually code for a yelling match with clenched fists.

The man in black smiled. "Shall we tell the truth then, you and I? No more lies?" I thought we had been." But the man in black persisted as if Roland hadn't spoken. "Shall there be truth between us, as two men? Not as friends, but as equals? There is an offer you will get rarely, Roland. Only equals speak the truth, that's my thought on't. Friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of regard. How tiresome!

I've always engaged in open, honest communication. There's no topic that can't be discussed.

Frankness invites frankness.

People know what authentic communication feels like, so having someone else handle your social media/commenting doesn't feel honest to me.

If you are approachable, if you keep your line of communication open, then very often, you get to hear what you need to hear.

I think a lot of people try to edit themselves out and I think that's a big mistake, because the person being interviewed is responding to a person, and if you don't know who that person is then you don't really know what's going on with the person being interviewed.