Good social media is authentic. What makes social media work is actually having something to say.

Scientists attach great importance to the human capacity for spoken language. But we also have a parallel track of nonverbal communication, which may reveal more than our carefully chosen words, and...

The late 20th century had just enough communication abilities to allow superstar-ness and communality to happen. It was a musical renaissance that rivals the visual one that happened in the 1400s.

In the past, before phones and the Internet, all communication was face-to-face. Now, most of it is digital, via emails and messaging services. If people were to start using virtual reality, it would...

If you can't convince them, confuse them.

I think it's fair to say that personal computers have become the most empowering tool we've ever created. They're tools of communication, they're tools of creativity, and they can be shaped by their...

Any attempts at humor immediately after September 11th were deemed tasteless.

Our aversion to lying is commonly a secret ambition to make what we say considerable, and have every word received with a religious respect.

You can close more business in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get people interested in you.

Don't tell me the moon is shining, show me the glint of light on broken glass.

The obscurity of a writer is generally in proportion to his incapacity.

Words are the most powerful drug used by mankind.

Violence is essentially wordless and it can begin only where thought and rational communication have broken down.

But that is another story.

When thought is too weak to be simply expressed it's clear proof that it should be rejected.

I regret often that I have spoken never that I have been silent.

When we hear news we should always wait for the sacrament of confirmation.

Neither cast ye your pearls before swine.

You never know till you try to reach them how accessible men are but you must approach each man by the right door.

Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.

Now that he was semidressed, I recovered enough to say, Not really. But I guess if you want me to hold a conversation with you, you should keep your clothes on. He gestured for me to follow him...

With respect to the acceptance of dissociative disorders, as with most issues in life, it is counterproductive to spend time trying to convince people of things they don't want to know.

I said, 'What's your problem?' Asshole. There was a question behind his question, and that shadow question was 'Do you want to dance?'

The man who shouts wins battles

The only way to entertain some folks is to listen to them.

She didn't look at me and I didn't look at her. Some questions are so direct the only way to ask them is sideways.

If you care, let those people know. If you don't, then make sure those people know.

I want to change my punctuation. I long for exclamation marks, but I'm drowning in ellipses.

It's been a long time since we both talked properly. I guess it's because many things went wrong between us and I know that now it's difficult to get back on the road.

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