Cases Quote by Joyce Carol Oates

“You can recite random facts from the encyclopedia until you’re blue in the face, but that does little to advertise your generic facility with…

— Kevin Simler

I strike up conversations all the time and it is very interesting, finding out about things I know nothing about.

— Peter Ackroyd

To talk easily with people, you must firmly believe that either you or they are interesting. And even then it's not easy.

— Mignon McLaughlin

Conversation. What is it? A Mystery! It's the art of never seeming bored, of touching everything with interest, of pleasing with trifles, of being…

— Guy de Maupassant

“When you meet someone you want to know, be very careful on how you sit on the driving seat to examine that person because…

— Uzoma Nnadi

There is something exciting when you see people who are very formal talking with each other, and there is a sense that they have…

— Bill Pullman

“When we fear what other people think about us, we are frequently more focused on 'being interesting' and less focused on 'taking an interest.'…

— John Yokoyama

The true spirit of conversation consists more in bringing out the cleverness of others than in showing a great deal of it yourself.

— Jean de la Bruyere

I often find myself having deep and emotive conversations with people.

— Corinne Bailey Rae

I can really find something interesting about almost anyone I talk to.

— Stephen Colbert

I think if you're an interesting person, you don't have to cloud yourself in mystery for people to want to know more about you.

— Brent Faiyaz

Conversation has a kind of charm about it, an insuating and insidious something that elicits secrets from us just like love or liquor.

— Anonymous