I think we can learn a lot about a person in the very moment that language fails them. In the very moment they they have to be more creative than they would have imagined in order to communicate. It's the very moment that they have to dig deeper than the surface to find words, and at the same time, it's a moment when they want to communicate very badly. They're digging deep and projecting out at the same time.


Talk to Me: Listening Between the Lines (ed. Random House, 2001) - ISBN: 9780375506406

Anna Deavere Smith Quotes

I think we can learn a lot about a person in the very moment that language fails them. In the very moment they they have to be more creative than...

I think we can learn a lot about a person in the very moment that language fails them. In the very moment they they have to be more creative than...

I think we can learn a lot about a person in the very moment that language fails them. In the very moment they they have to be more creative than...

I think we can learn a lot about a person in the very moment that language fails them. In the very moment they they have to be more creative than...