Audience Quote by Billy Wilder

Make subtlety obvious.

— Billy Wilder

It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety.

— Isaac Asimov

You want to make an impression. Being clever helps.

— Leonard Maltin

It's good to be clever, but not to show it.

— Winfredable

Tell the audience what you're going to say, say it; then tell them what you've said.

— Dale Carnegie

Look slowly and hard at something subtle and small.

— Philip Pearlstein

Be subtle! be subtle! and use your spies for every kind of business.

— Sun Tzu

I'm a big fan of things in writing in general that are subtle, that suggest something without actually in-your-face saying it.

— Nina Nastasia

You need to be able to tell the audience who you are immediately.

— Ivo Graham

I don't come up with ideas, they come to me. I write them down and try to convey what's wrong with me to the…

— Iliza Shlesinger

I sometimes have to write for a while before I figure it out, pretend that I know what I'm doing, sort of like ad-libbing…

— Said Sayrafiezadeh

Sometimes I'm confused by what I think is really obvious. But what I think is really obvious obviously isn't obvious...

— Michael Stipe