My parents had this incredibly vital relationship with an audience, like muscle with blood. This was the main competition I had for my parents' attention: an audience.
My work sometimes can be abstract and appear not to have a direct relationship to Afro-American concerns, but, in fact, it is based on that.
If you cultivate a relationship in a genuine, thoughtful way, people will be more inclined to want to help you even though they don't have to help you.
I personally don't believe people really grow. They just learn stuff when they were a kid, and hold on to it, and that affects every relationship they have.
It's tough to be in a relationship with a musician, because it reads sometimes as this ego and self-involvement when it's really just concentration and focus.
I find it quite hard to sum up my relationship in a sound bite. I feel that it trivializes it for other people's pleasure. It's an adventure.
I have a much better relationship with the press than I did, I think because I stood my ground.
Johnny once described our relationship by saying we were as close as two people could be without being married.
So China will be having to make some choices as to whose side it wants to be on. Hopefully, this will be the beginning of a major improvement in our relationship with them, if they choose correctly.
Divorce isn't one-sided, and I am by no means perfect. Becoming accountable for my role in the relationship was very empowering.
No relationship is easy, and nobody should ever think it is. The minute you start forgetting the needs of the other person is when you get in trouble.
I think when you're in a relationship, either you have something or your partner generally has something that you're having to deal with.
Remember, the IDF, the Israeli Defense Forces, have a working relationship with the Palestinian Authority security forces, which have been incredibly professional.
Most of us make up our minds in the first three minutes of meeting someone whether there's a potential for a relationship.
I couldn't put my hand on my heart and say I think that being in a relationship is a natural state for a human being.
I struggled with feeling confident for a long time, but I think it's important to be strong and not compromise for anyone or a relationship - I'm drawn to that.
Cinema for me only has meaning when it has a relationship with what I see outside on the street.
Musicians by and large make a living with a relationship with an audience that is economically harnessed through performance and ticket sales.
But I think the real tension lies in the relationship between what you might call the pursuer and his quarry, whether it's the writer or the spy.
At first we got along real well. Now... it's pretty much just a professional relationship.
My mother killed herself when I was 12. I won't complete that relationship. But I can try to understand her.
