“Everybody talks, but there is no conversation.”
“Writing poetry is talking to oneself; yet it is a mode of talking to oneself in which the self disappears; and the product's something that, though it may not be for everybody, is about everybody.”
“Good conversational debate is an end in itself, and talking for the love of conversation is what makes us human.”
“Having an energy conversation without talking about climate is like talking about smoking and not talking about cancer.”
“Everybody wants to talk about themselves, and everybody wants to hear everybody else's story, so we take turns playing reporter and celebrity.”
“If other people are going to talk, conversation becomes impossible.”