Conversational Quotes

I know it may seem surprising to people, but learning dialog that has a conversational flow to it is not that difficult.

During holiday parties when people used to ask me what I did for a living, I would tell them I sold resort timeshares. That was an effective conversational nonstarter, until I met someone that actually did sell resort timeshares.

The conversational overachiever is someone whose grasp exceeds his reach. This is possible but not attractive.

Criticism is, for me, like essay writing, a wonderful way of relaxation; it doesn't require a heightened and mediated voice, like prose fiction, but rather a calm, rational, even conversational voice.

A good conversationalist is not one who remembers what was said, but says what someone wants to remember.