Arguing Quote by Jim Lehrer

I used to say that interviewing others was perhaps the way I could stop talking and start listening. It's a kind of enforced silence.

— Errol Morris

“The best public speakers are those who seem to genuinely enjoy giving a speech. Because they’re relaxed, we’re relaxed.”

— Richard Zeoli

“Some people are not really good listeners. They are merely good at keeping quiet for a long time, while someone is talking to them.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“When you relax, the universe starts to answer questions you never even asked.”

— Bodhisattva Shree Swami Premodaya

When I sit down to interview people, I don't hold questions and I don't know the answers. They're more like conversations that become lessons.

— Dave Grohl

“Like most so-called debates between liberals and conservatives, they weren’t interested in listening or responding to each other. They were solely concerned with making…

— Bob Frey

My advice to all interviewers is: Shut up and listen. It's harder than it sounds.

— Errol Morris

“People have to be patient when they're talking to a nervous person.”

— Jonathan Lethem

“Sometimes the answers you need to hear aren't the answers you want to hear.”

— Eric Samuel Timm

Somehow we have to be able to indicate to our audience that we know how frustrating it is when the answers they are hearing…

— Emily Maitlis

You ask me, "Will you say something more about relaxation? I am aware of a tension deep in the core of me and suspect…

— Rajneesh

“only those with something to hide ever answered question for question and tried to sound outraged to disguise their nervousness.”

— Hamilton Crane