It starts with the writer-it's a familiar dictum, but somehow it keeps getting forgotten along the way. No film-maker, irrespective of his electronic bag of tricks, can ever afford to forget his commitment to the written word.
Steven SpielbergRead
From a very young age, my parents taught me the most important lesson of my whole life: They taught me how to listen. They taught me how to listen to everybody before I made up my own mind. When you listen, you learn. You absorb like a sponge - and your life becomes so much better than when you are just trying to be listened to all the time.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Listening is crucial for learning and personal growth.
In this quote, Steven Spielberg emphasizes the importance of listening as a foundational skill for understanding others and gaining knowledge. He reflects on the life lesson imparted by his parents, highlighting that active listening enriches one's experiences and perspectives, leading to a more fulfilling life compared to always seeking attention for oneself.
Themes
ListeningLearningGrowthLife LessonsUnderstanding
In practice
Example use cases
In a speech about personal development, I shared Spielberg's quote to highlight the value of listening.
More from Steven Spielberg
All quotes βWhen I was a kid, there was no collaboration; it's you with a camera bossing your friends around. But as an adult, filmmaking is all about appreciating the talents of the people you surround yourself with and knowing you could never have made any of these films by yourself.
Steven SpielbergRead
I just had a crazy, wild imagination all my life, and science fiction is the greatest outlet for me.
Steven SpielbergRead
I wanted to do another movie that could make us laugh and cry and feel good about the world. I wanted to do something else that could make us smile. This is a time when we need to smile more and Hollywood movies are supposed to do that for people in difficult times.
Steven SpielbergRead
There are so many rumours about so many of us in the public eye. Sometimes it's too hard to deny what is not true.
Steven SpielbergRead
I love my kids as individuals, not as a herd, and I do have a herd of children: I have seven kids.
Steven SpielbergRead
Similar quotes
Traditional thinking is all about "what is" Future thinking will also need to be about what can be.
Edward De BonoRead
Kindness has converted more sinners than either zeal, eloquence, or learning; and these three last have never converted any.
Frederick William FaberRead
Sometimes I'm more stubborn than I am smart.
Pat SummittRead
Desires are seeds waiting for their season to sprout. From a single seed of desire, whole forests grow.
Deepak ChopraRead
A jealous person is doubly unhappy-over what he has, which is judged inferior, and over which he has not, which is judged superior. Such a person is doubly removed from knowing the true blessing of creation.
Desmond TutuRead
Be generous in prosperity and thankful in adversity, Be fair in thy judgment, and guarded in thy speech. Be a lamp unto those who walk in darkness, and a home to the stranger. Be eyes to the blind, and a guiding light unto the feet of the erring. Be a breath of life to the body of humankind, a dew to the soil of the human heart, and a fruit upon the tree of humility.
Bah'U'LlhRead